Scholz and Macron have clash again and again In recent years, most recently in February when the French President opened the door potentially sending ground troops For Ukraine, who is Chancellor strongly rejected,
The main topic of discussion will be the visit of Xi, who will arrive in France on Sunday for three days before visiting Serbia and Hungary. The dinner will be an opportunity for Scholz to brief Macron about his meeting with Xi in Beijing last month. Scholz and Macron also disagree over the possible imposition of EU tariffs on subsidized Chinese electric vehicles.
According to Noah Barkin of the German Marshall Fund, who first reported At the dinner, Macron will try to persuade the chancellor to join European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in his meeting with Xi next week.
Another possible topic of the dinner will be EU politics, especially defense and its financing. Macron is strongly pushing for so-called defense bonds, which would involve the issuance of joint European debt to finance military investment.
Scholz has so far rejected the idea.