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 Eve Irvine welcomes Paul Smith, Associate Professor in French History and Politics at the University of Nottingham.
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UK-France: The tide of realpolitik rises as the sea of rhetoric fades on both sides of the Channel
