Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have come a long way in mending ties between their two countries — but there’s someone getting in the way.

Axar.az informs, citing Politico, the French president’s arrival on British shores this week — the first full state visit afforded to a French president since Nicholas Sarkozy in 2008 — is a significant marker of friendship after years of bad blood between the two countries.

The two leaders have warmed to each other since Starmer took the reins in Downing Street, with the prime minister pushing to ease longstanding tensions between the United Kingdom and France, as well as the wider European Union.

Their meeting this week promises much: closer cooperation on defense, a new agreement on tackling migration flows across the English Channel and progress on nuclear collaboration, not to mention a stay at King Charles’ Windsor Castle for France’s president and first lady.

But beyond the backslapping and handshakes, hairline cracks have started to appear in the cross-Channel bromance.

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