Liz Truss confirms Macron 'friend' and Putin 'foe' as she joins EU leaders in Prague

Liz Truss sought to improve relations with French President Emmanuel Macron by labelling him a “friend” – just weeks after refusing to do so.

The Prime Minister caused controversy during her Tory leadership campaign by failing to say whether the ally was “friend or foe”.

Mr Macron later suggested it was a “problem” if Britain could not call itself a friend of France.

The Prime Minister adopted a different tone ahead of a meeting with Mr Macron in Prague on Thursday.

Liz Truss and Emmanuel Macron held their first talks on how to tackle the cross-Channel migration crisis on the fringes of the French president’s inaugural European Political Community gathering.

The Prime Minister faced criticism after failing to broach the issue when she met her French counterpart at the United Nations General Assembly in New York last month.

She told Mr Macron that Europe needs to better collaborate to tackle migration as the EU’s 27 member states meet with 16 other leaders, including those from Ukraine, Norway, Turkey, the Western Balkans and Switzerland.

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