Europe needs a *European* Franco-German motor, not this mutually adoring pas-de-deux of French dirigisme and German mercantilism that treats the rest of Europe, but especially CEE members either as "American puppets" or "Russophobes in the way of our profits". https://n.respublicae.eu/TheEconomist/status/1674294688126312448
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The Economist: “The EU will dearly need a strong Franco-German engine at its core over the next decade as it embarks on the most political transformation it has ever faced,” argues Laurence Boone in a guest essay for The Economist https://econ.st/3puL1E3
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