Article 6YF9A Macron’s UK state visit underlines effort to move on from Brexit nightmare

Macron’s UK state visit underlines effort to move on from Brexit nightmare

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Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
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Bitter rows had damaged trust and dialogue but UK-French relations have thawed amid new geopolitical landscape

When Emmanuel Macron rides in a horse-drawn carriage to Windsor Castle this week, it will be to celebrate the return of close political relations between London and Paris, drawing a line under the damaging spats of the Brexit years.

The French president's office said the shared interests" of the two countries were what mattered now, hailing France and the UK's essential" close relationship on the international stage. This reinvigorated cross-Channel bond was vital", a UK official said.

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