FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron arrives at an extraordinary European Union leaders summit to discuss Brexit, in Brussels, Belgium April 10, 2019. REUTERS/Susana Vera - RC1D03621750/File Photo
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The 'De Gaulle moment' that many had speculated about before Wednesday night's Brexit summit did not come, but President Emmanuel Macron still lived up to the spirit of the post-war French leader by throwing his weight around the EU table.
Macron may not have used his veto, but his dogged determination to block a one-year extension to Britain's divorce talks with the EU, favoured by a majority of European leaders, irritated many in Brussels - and chiefly Germany.
