19-05-2025
Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron find grounds for an agreement*
Emmanuel Macron Nous exigeons un accès équitable pour les pêcheurs français
Kaja Kallas Now, now, Emmanuel. Let's not be childish. We've already agreed that English would be the lingua franca for these informal discussions
Macron But it's ridiculous. Le clue is in le title: lingua franca
Kallas Or we could speak Finnish?
Macron …
Kallas I thought not. Let's move on
Macron I will speak English, but in return I demand fair access for our historically mistreated fishermen
Keir Starmer You already have more than fair access. It's our fishermen who have been historically mistreated
Starmer Sorry, and fisherwomen
Starmer Sorry, I mean fisherpeople
Kallas Gentlemen, we're supposed to be discussing the growing threat from Russia
Macron We can't discuss the growing threat from Russia