Alliances vary according to the issue. Germany and France are often at loggerheads. France has a particular beef with with Ireland's 12% corporation tax rate bu

Alliances vary according to the issue. Germany and France are often at loggerheads. France has a particular beef with with Ireland's 12% corporation tax rate but agrees with it on lots of other issues such as agriculture and the measures concerning the pandemic. Ireland passed up on a chance to join the Hanseatic league[1] because in some ways it is not as "Northern European" in outlook as he likes of Finland and the Netherlands. [1]Seems I was wrong about this