King Charles arrived in Paris today on the first stage of a three day state visit to France, a country his mother adored. The French media view the trip as a chance to repair Anglo-French relations, which according to the front page of Liberation have been ‘strained since Brexit’.
The general tone of the French reporting is that this is solely the fault of those 17.4 million fools who, to paraphrase Emmanuel Macron, fell for the ‘lies and false promises’ of the Leave campaign.
In Liberation’s opinion, Brexit has proved a ‘catastrophe, notably economically’ with inflation and the cost of living soaring. It’s true that Britain is not thriving at the moment, but nor is the eurozone. The EU Commission has just cut its growth forecast as Germany slips into recession, and other economies, particularly Italy and Holland, are also in trouble. What is to blame for their decline?
Liberation is correct, however, in describing relations between Britain and France as ‘strained’, but don’t point the finger at Brexit.
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