It is reported that in October, there were tens of thousands of demonstrations in Germany and France, and the target of policy issues related to energy, inflation and taxes. Later, Germany and France also adopted completely different regulatory plans: Germany directly spent 200 billion euros to subsidize the energy industry, and relying on a strong economy to reduce or even smooth out the losses suffered by enterprises; while Macron hopes that the United States can lower export prices, and also hopes that the EU will reach a consensus on natural gas price limit. Scholz plans to lead the corporate team to visit China, while Macron stated that he would meet with Biden before the end of the year to discuss the natural gas issue.
26, Scholz led a delegation to visit Paris and held a lunch with Macron. American Political News called it an "embarrassing lunch." Because Macron and Scholz finally only released some "official remarks", the two sides did not even agree to attend the press conference. The report believes that the two have a great disagreement, and even the French president still complains about Germany. Scholz does not support Macron's price limit bill and is accused of "isolating France." However, there is no official news from Germany and France, so the content may be biased; after all, the luncheon was held for more than three hours, and both sides must have talked about other issues.
27, more information about this meeting was exposed. Surprisingly, the two of them reached a consensus on "resisting the United States." According to a person familiar with the matter, the German and French leaders talked about one thing in addition to energy issues - that is, the subsidy measures for local enterprises issued by the United States last month (the "Inflation Reduction Act" subsidizes local tram companies and batteries in the United States, destroying competition rules). Macron warned that if things continue, they must create opportunities for their European manufacturers, which is inevitable, and Scholz agreed with Macron that the EU needs to counter the United States on this issue.
As for how to counter it, some European TV stations believe that Germany and France will promote the EU to introduce punitive tariffs on American tram companies, and use this "head-on-head" method to force the US to bow its head. But doing so will inevitably anger the Biden administration. The United States is currently controlling the export of energy, semiconductor equipment and arms to Europe. The consequences of the EU's countermeasures if it "plays out". So whether Macron and Scholz just "make harsh words" and fail to take actual actions in the end, or whether they do what they say is worth discussing. The current US subsidy policy has caused many European automakers to complain, and Macron has also been under pressure from the business community to demand that the EU defend its right to free competition.
Also worth mentioning is that the continued fire of American Political News Network, titled "Macron and Scholz reach a consensus to fight Biden", said that a large-scale confrontation from Europe and the United States has been on the verge of being on the string. It is ultimately Biden's "discriminatory policy" insisting on not compromising Europe has no choice, or whether the EU united to force the Biden administration to retreat, which will be announced next month. Some comments on this believe that: "Macron and Scholz's statement of 'awakening' is too exaggerated. One of them depends on the United States to maintain defense, and there are troops stationed in the country; the other is shouting every day to take the independent route, but it is also firmly controlled by the United States through , NATO , and their negotiations with the United States are not at the same level at all."
