C'est difficile: Ulrich Wickert's book about German-French relations – Culture

There are books that capture the spirit of the times, even though they were not originally intended to do so. When Ulrich Wickert began work on his new book about German-French relations, President Emmanuel Macron was still fairly firmly in the saddle, the traffic light coalition still had plans, Joe Biden was aiming for his second term in office, and the Olympic Games in Paris were still a distant venture. Nothing new in the West, then.