Channel Tragedy Marks France-U.K. Low Point: Balance of Power

The deaths of dozens of desperate migrants attempting to cross the icy English channel to the U.K. was an opportunity for Britain and France to put aside their acrimony.

Instead, it’s descended into finger-pointing. The dispute marks another dispiriting low point in what has become an antagonistic post-Brexit relationship between neighbors with a history of strife going back centuries, but who are nevertheless trade partners and who need each other.

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