I like grandstanding actually, it shows the heart of the one who stands.
Merkel is asserting her understanding that the EU is run by Germany. And, she puts France in its "proper place" (what form their "handshake"?).
England would never have agreed, so they're out, and, "can't be trusted", also. They'll back the right horse, just as before, again.
This from the ultimate country in the entire world which demonstrated, twice as far as we're concerned, who can and can't be trusted. 
Poignant indeed, today. Think about that and reflect when you honor 345,000 dead US soldiers from that era (numbers from today's Herald article), double or triple that in wounded and maimed, and double and triple that in loved ones back home who never knew their innocence again.
One wonders what the other 14+ countries who are the EU might think, too.
An ugly beast is always working to rise to the top. "And in the end there can only be one", from an old movie and "TV" series. They copied it from another book.