France far from isolated in tough Brexit stance

Analysis: Paris’s concerns about UK demands are widely shared, analysts, politicians and EU diplomats sayEmmanuel Macron may be talking tougher than the rest of the EU27 as Brexit talks reach their endgame, but despite claims to the contrary in London and by a UK media that always enjoys pointing fingers across the Channel, France is far from isolated.Headlines such as “Le bust-up” and “France derails Brexit talks” do not reflect European reality, analysts, politici