Macron is toying with Theresa May. He talks a nice talk, special relationship, bespoke deal, etc., but he always comes back to his bottom line. It's basically single market (free movement, ECJ, stick to all the trading rules, you get no say), or it's nothing, and that nothing means no deal for our services sector. He's manoeuvring himself, in the teeth of Merkel's difficulties, into the position of main man in Europe. He's strong in his own country and he sees May's weaknesses all too clearly. There's a deal of opportunistic politicking going on!