On Monday, Mr Scholz warned EU member states they were not sending enough military aid to Kyiv in a thinly veiled swipe at Mr Macron, whose support lags far behind Berlin’s.
The Franco-German “engine” has long been the EU’s most influential relationship when it comes to policy-making in Brussels.
Diplomats fear the strained relationship may stymie Berlin’s progress in convincing Paris to back the expansion of a French-led EU anti-piracy mission in the Straits of Hormuz to the Red Sea.
One EU diplomat said: “The relationship isn’t really working at the moment. The Germans think the French are not doing enough on Ukraine, despite talking a big game, and they are right.”
The European Union is under pressure to respond to the Iran-backed rebels’ threat to commercial shipping after the US and UK air strikes on Thursday night.
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