French President Emmanuel Macron began a three-day state visit to Britain on Tuesday which will see him address parliament and try to rekindle a purportedly warm relationship with King Charles III. It is the first state visit by an EU head of state since Brexit — the UK’s acrimonious 2020 departure from the bloc — and the first by a French president since Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24’s Carys Garland welcomes Dr Andrew Smith, Historian of modern France and Lecturer in Liberal Arts at Queen Mary University of London.
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'Restatement of that historic commitment: Renegotiate important Franco-British bilateral agreements'
