France is of course the issue. Germany pragmatic enough to want a deal. France's pragmatism runs to how much free money can they get from the Germans whilst subsidising the laziest people on Earth. But, of course, it's the evil English coming to buy cheap drink at Calais and not wanting to eat vatlrious raw delights that are the problem. They have never forgiven Waterloo, let alone Mers el Kebir. They want to eat their cake and have it all,in return for the mere support of letting Germany run Europe however they want to. If Merkel changed the French Police uniform to SS ones, Macron would merely ask 'which colour?'. In French, of course, which I can't bring myself to use right now.