FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks on during the first face-to-face EU summit since the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium July 20, 2020. John Thys/Pool via REUTERS/File PhotoPARIS: German Chancellor Angela Merkel is planning to visit French President Emmanuel Macron at his summer residence on the Mediterranean around Aug 20, a European diplomat told Reuters on Monday .
The meeting between Macron and Merkel, fresh from striking a game-changing deal for the European Union to raise debt for the first time to fund recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, is another sign of renewed vigour for the Franco-German engine.Some European diplomats have said a reinvigorated relationship between the EU's two most powerful leaders could help bring new momentum to other stumbling blocks in the EU, such as a digital tax or US tariffs.
But others have questioned whether much could be achieved while Merkel neared the end of her mandate next year. Macron has received only a few notable guests at his presidential mansion of Fort de Bregancon in southern France in the past, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and former British Prime Minister Theresa May.
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