When they first met, Blair and Schröder were political soulmates, too. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty
Tony Blair has a new best friend in Europe - and the warmth of his feelings was unmistakeable this morning when he beamed in the presence of the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, writes Nicholas Watt.
At his first meeting in Berlin with Mrs Merkel since her election as chancellor late last year, the prime minister could not hide his joy that he no longer has to pretend to like her predecessor, Gerhard Schröder.
Mr Blair went out of his way to cultivate Mrs Merkel in the run-up to last year's election in the belief that she would breathe fresh life into Anglo-German relations and open up the Franco-German alliance to others.
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