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56 years after the signing of the Elysée Treaty on January 22, 1963 which sealed the Franco-German reconciliation, a new text will be signed Tuesday in Aachen, symbolic city of Europe where Charlemagne was crowned. It is also here that Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel received the prestigious Charlemagne Prize for their role in favor of European integration. How is perceived in Germany this new treaty first wanted by Paris.
With our correspondent in Berlin, Pascal Thibaut
The German media is choosy. On the one hand, many people think that Berlin has been slow to respond to Emmanuel Macron's European projects and remains timid. But for the commentators, the new treaty could and should have compensated by its ambition these German reservations. " More passion " asks the daily Süddeutsche Zeitung .
In official circles, the new text is praised. This Monday, the Chancellor mentions a new stage. She devoted to the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle that she will sign tomorrow with Emmanuel Macron his weekly video podcast.
" The treaty of the Elysee has allowed us to make great progress, said Angela Merkel. But the world has changed. That's why we decided we needed a new treaty that complements the previous one. For example, today we are talking a lot more about our cooperation for European integration. "
In Berlin, where lyrical flights and symbols are not the priority, there is talk of a "working treaty", a toolbox for a concrete policy. But also with a strong gesture against the disintegration of Europe and for multilateralism.
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