With the news that the new French President Francois Hollande's first act was to hot tail to Berlin to try and get the German Chancellor to change her plans for Europe ..... uncomfortable memories were evoked of other French Presidents and other German Chancellors meetings in the not so distant past.
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| "You Can Go Left - But I Am Sticking To The Right Path" |
If you believe in auguries, then the fact that he had to return back to Paris and get a second plane after his first flight was apparently hit by lightning, doesn't augur well for the success of his mission. Mayhap, like Neville Chamberlain he will return with a bit of paper to flutter in Paris, but probably nothing substantive will change.
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| Visits To A German Chancellors Don't Always End Well |
The French President should perhaps remember that Hollandaise Sauce is always eaten cold, by all German Chancellors.
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