Franco-German friendship

The Franco-German friendship is a notion of the diplomatic relations free - German born from the continuations of the Second world war, third conflict in less than one century between France and Germany. To avoid a new war, efforts of bringing together were to be made.

It thus developed in parallel with the European Union, the Franco-German couple having always been the engine of the European construction. The Treated of the Elysium, in 1963, officialized this bringing together.

History

In 1963, the President Charles de Gaulle and the Chancelier Konrad Adenauer sign the Traité of the Elysium so that the Franco-German co-operation becomes a daily reality. Since much of City S, of school S, areas, of Université S are Jumelée S. Since 1963, the Franco-German Office for youth (OFAJ) offers to million young people the chance to take part in exchanges.

The Franco-German couple was always the engine of the European construction.

Franco-German “couples”

The existence of a “Franco-German engine” or a “Franco-German couple” often was reinforced by the good relationships maintained by the German federal Chancelier and the President the French Republic:

Konrad Adenauer and Charles de Gaulle (1958 - 1963)
Willy Brandt and Georges Pompidou (1969 - 1974)
Helmut Schmidt and Valery Giscard d'Estaing (1974 - 1981)
Helmut Kohl and François Mitterrand (1982 - 1995)
Gerhard Schröder and Jacques Chirac (1998 - 2005)
Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy (2007 -? )

Activities

Among its achievements count in particular:

the Franco-German Brigade of the European Body, binationale and based in Germany;
the common television channel Arte;
preparation of a Manual of history Franco-German commun run.

Within the more general framework of the friendship between the people, Germany was often supported, in particular in the programmes of Jumelage and exchange between French cities and German cities.

Technical collaboration and economic

By the means in particular:

of the programs Franco-German of Telecommunications satellites Symphony and Spacebus.
of EADS and Airbus.

The OFAJ

the Franco-German Office for youth (OFAJ).

See too

External bonds

the Franco-German treaty of friendship European NAvigator

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