There are "no insurmountable differences" between Germany and France on the future of the EU constitution, chancellor Angela Merkel said after meeting French president Jacques Chirac in Paris on Thursday (12 October).
The German presidency, starting in January, will "strive to establish a sort of roadmap" on the charter she added, Le Monde reports. "Everything that we will do, will be in tight consultation with France."
Mr Chirac also made a show of strength around the old EU Fran...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.