Franco-German relations are in a poor state. That is how it seems while reading the reports of recent months on the meetings between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and French President Emmanuel Macron. On topics such as nuclear power and ground troops in Ukraine, their views diverged widely. What’s more, Germans and French are less interested in their neighbors today than before, as the Franco-German Institute (DFI) found in a study to mark its 75th anniversary.