Chancellor Merkel, who succeeded former German Chancellor Merkel, visited France on his first foreign visit to meet with President Emmanuel Macron and confirmed that he would work closely with him to strengthen Europe's cohesion.

Prime Minister Schortz, who became the new German Chancellor on the 8th of this month, visited France on his first foreign visit on the 10th and held a summit meeting with President Emmanuel Macron.



At the joint meeting, Prime Minister Schortz said, "We will continue to develop relations between Germany and France." We will continue, "he emphasized that the two countries will work together to strengthen the unity of Europe.



President Macron also said, "We were able to confirm that we were in good agreement with each other," and responded that he would like to continue the close relationship between Mr. Merkel and the leaders that he had established with Chancellor Schortz.



In addition, Prime Minister Schortz expressed his intention to respond after discussing with each country that there are a number of countries that have announced that they will not send government officials to the Beijing Olympics.



After that, Prime Minister Schortz will start full-scale diplomacy by holding talks with the President of the EU-European Union, Von der Leyen, and will continue to cooperate with each country to play a leading role in the EU.