You don’t easily forget an encounter with Emmanuel Macron. Mine was brief and in private, at the G7 summit in Germany last year. His hand was firm but he held my gaze even more tightly. A Downing Street colleague got a wink that she will cherish for ever — Gallic charm at its most intense.
We’ve seen others get the turbo-charged tactile treatment in public. Macron slid his arm round the back of Donald Trump, went for a full snog with Rishi Sunak and was all over President Zelensky like a rash.
