The places are relaxing but the meeting will be studious. Emmanuel Macron will receive Angela Merkel on August 20 at Fort Brégançon, his holiday residence, to discuss the next European deadlines and major international issues, from the Covid-19 in Lebanon to Belarus, the Elysee announced on Friday.
"This meeting is of an exceptional nature since it is the first time that the Chancellor has been invited to Fort de Brégançon by a President of the French Republic", explained the Elysee. The last German Chancellor to have been invited there was Helmut Kohl by François Mitterrand in 1985.
"European deadlines for the start of the school year"
In this fort which dominates the Mediterranean, the two leaders will have a working meeting before addressing the press at 6.30 p.m., said the chancellery in Berlin.
They will discuss in particular the "European deadlines for the start of the school year: European coordination linked to Covid-19, the multiannual financial framework following the agreement of July 21, 2020, Brexit, climate, trade and the conference on future of Europe, ”said the Elysee.
Among the other topics discussed, there is the situation in Lebanon, Belarus and the Eastern Mediterranean, the scene of a rise in tension between Greece and Turkey, according to the presidency, which also cites relations between the EU and its “big names”. partners ”like China or Africa.
After Russia and Great Britain, Germany
Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel saw each other for the last time on July 21, when they concluded, with a joint press conference, a European summit where the 27 had reached an agreement, described as "historic", on a recovery plan post-coronavirus, based for the first time on a common debt.
The € 750 billion plan was approved on the fifth day of intense negotiations between the Chancellor, whose country currently chairs the EU, and the French president.
Angela Merkel's visit to Fort Brégançon follows those of Russian President Vladimir Putin in August 2019 and British Prime Minister Theresa May the year before. Located in the town of Borme-les-Mimosas (Var), the fort, owned by the State, allows the French President to receive his guests in a setting that is both majestic and relaxed.
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