Spiegel Online: Le President Nicolas Sarkozy and Frau Bundeskanzler Merkel don’t seem to get along very well. Maybe too much wine Sarko?

So nothing really new in the Franco-Teutonic relationship since 1945. A little bit of rumble there, a little bit of love here. Nothing exciting and terrible. No wars, nobody gets killed. That’s what I like about EU politics …

Overall the Franco-Teutonic axis of Europe will continue to drive on integration and progress. No matter how much fighting there is – and no matter how much the Brits love to play the smart outsiders or the Poles the new Bigwigs.