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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Marie Le Conte

Just like Eva Green, I’m French and I’m rude. And no, I don’t care what you think

Eva Green at the high court in London, 31 January 2023.
Eva Green at the high court in London, 31 January. Green is suing over the non-payment of fees for a film she was meant to star in. Photograph: James Veysey/Rex/Shutterstock

The relationship between France and Britain, the best of frenemies, seems to finally be thawing. The Brexit wars are behind us, Emmanuel Macron and Boris Johnson no longer annoy each other on a near weekly basis, and the first Franco-British summit in years will take place in March.

That’s no fun. Allow me, then, to do my French patriotic duty and open up a new front of combat. Here goes: the British, despite what they might think, aren’t any good at complaining. This is an odd state of affairs, as they – well, you – see it as a proud national trait. But they are wrong.

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