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When leaders like Macron and Carney stage high-profile meetings over security, should voters expect concrete policy results or see them mainly as symbolic diplomacy?

Emmanuel Macron is due to meet Mark Carney in Saint Pierre and Miquelon as Europe, Canada and the US remain at odds over Greenland, Russia sanctions and economic pressure.

  • They should produce clear, measurable cooperation
  • They are too often symbolism over substance