King Charles III proposes France-UK ‘partnership for sustainability’ to tackle climate emergency
King Charles III proposes France-UK ‘partnership for sustainability’ to tackle climate emergency
King Charles III on Thursday followed in his mother Queen Elizabeth II's footsteps by addressing lawmakers in the French upper chamber of parliament with a speech calling for strengthened ties to help…
Charles: Fine! We'll make our own union, with............... France.
This is an old idea being rehashed.
Post world war two, imperialism was looking weak. Both France and the UK were declining powers.
Fascism had been defeated (in Germany and Italy) and Communism and Liberalism was on the rise. People thought a Union between France and Britain would bolster both countries and their colonies. Stopping the decline of their empires. Whilst also acting as a third pillar of Imperialism against Communism and Liberalism.
This idea didn't get very far. The seuz crisis was the nail in the coffin for imperialism. This caused Britain and France to fall in behind the US. Setting the west as firmly liberal.
It's a shame he didn't ask Sunak if he was onboard first. Or maybe he means a France-Poundbury partnership?