Merz hosts Macron in Cologne for key defence talks one month after FCAS initiative collapse

Chancellor Merz is hosting President Macron in Cologne for critical defence talks, Euronews reports. The meeting comes one month after their joint FCAS defence initiative collapsed. They're meeting in the same symbolic location where de Gaulle and Adenauer once established the modern Franco-German alliance.

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