French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Sholz conflict with each other on energy issues, writes Politico.
Journalists drew attention to the fact that the press service of the German Chancellor on October 25 announced a joint press conference with Olaf Sholts. However, the press service of the French leader said that no joint statements with the German Chancellor were planned.
According to sources, the German and French leaders argued about how to better overcome the energy crisis. Germany supports the construction of the Midcat gas pipeline, which would deliver gas from Algeria, Nigeria, Qatar, the USA and other countries to the southwest of France, and from there to Europe.
In France, they consider the construction unprofitable, since Paris provides itself with electricity using nuclear power plants, and is also rebuilt on renewable energy resources.
In addition, the planned meeting of the governments of Germany and France was postponed to January due to serious disagreements in the text of the joint declaration. Disagreements between governments were even noticeable at the European Union summit in Brussels.
French officials complain that the German authorities do not refer to them as a close partner: they do not inform them of new laws and amendments in the energy sector.