From Europe a “niet” to Merkel and Macron on the summit with Putin

BRUSSELS. It is not the first time. But it doesn’t happen often either. That a proposal formulated by France and Germany undergoes a real stop in Europe. The day before last night it happened. The initiative of Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron aimed at organizing a summit between the EU and Russia was sent back to the senders. The Franco-German power axis has visibly cracked.