Brief
Aachen Treaty: A Second Look
On 22 January, exactly 56 years after the signing of the Élysée Treaty, Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron signed a new bilateral cooperation treaty: the Treaty of Aachen. It sets the stage for the next 56 years of Franco-German relations. It is thus not surprising that it is heavier on symbols and lighter on concrete ways forward. However, the Franco-German friendship faces a crucial test in the next two to three years. We thus need pragmatic and immediate action that takes us beyond symbols, across divergence, and towards ambitious aims.
This policy position by Valentin Kreilinger, Dr. Nicole Koenig, and Paul-Jasper Dittrich from the Jacques Delors Institute – Berlin takes a second look at the Treaty and the list of 15 priority projects and shows what this means for three key issues: security policy, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the link to parliaments.
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Le partenariat franco-allemand dans la tourmente
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Derrière les divergences entre Paris et Berlin, l’isolement de l’Allemagne de Scholz
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Energie : un échange gagnant-gagnant entre la France et l’Allemagne ?
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Crise énergétique : vers des échanges de gaz et d’électricité entre la France et l’Allemagne ?
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Rencontre entre Emmanuel Macron et Olaf Scholz à Berlin
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Paris et Berlin divergent toujours sur leur vision de l’Europe
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Gafam : comment l’Union européenne veut mettre fin au « far west » de l’économie numérique
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Politologe Andreas Eisl über die deutsch-französischen Beziehungen in der EU
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Le chancelier Olaf Scholz réserve sa première visite à Paris
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Allemagne: la nouvelle coalition promet de relancer le dialogue franco-allemand
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Business as usual for next Franco-German couple, despite sticking points
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Le couple franco-allemand et Angela Merkel
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Macron seeks more evolution from Germany in post-Merkel era
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Comment la pandémie a rapproché (en partie) le couple franco-allemand
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“Eine gute Überraschung”
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Le plan franco-allemand est “un tournant” dans la construction européenne.
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“To defend European economic sovereignty and a single common market, Germany and France are the key”
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“Côté américain, comme côté européen, on pratique les subventions depuis longtemps”
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Frankreichs Konservative und Deutschlands SPD : Das Sterben der Dinos
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La France et l’Allemagne se lancent dans la bataille pour les postes clés de l’UE
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“Der deutsch-französische Motor läuft nicht mehr”
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Face à Trump, Poutine et Xi Jinping, l’Europe peut-elle affirmer sa puissance ?
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“Deutschland ist zu abhängig von seiner Automobilindustrie”
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“Opposition to subjecting Nord Stream 2 to EU rules has created a loss of credibility for Germany”
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Pascal Lamy and Alain Lamassoure in FT on Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel
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Gemeinsame Front im Sturm
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Macron and Merkel meet amid new immigration tensions
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“España debe volver a ser proactiva en Europa”
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Bruselas excluye a las firmas de EE UU de los proyectos de defensa de la Unión
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“Merkel zerstört Macrons Träume”
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Europa-Experte: Macron braucht mehr Antworten als den Karlspreis
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Comment Rome sape les ambitions de Macron pour l’Europe
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Former WTO head Lamy: “Brexit is like trying to get an egg out of an omelette”
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The Future of International Trade in the Trump Era
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The Fate Of Europe Rests On The French-German Partnership – Sébastien Maillard in The Huffpost
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The French-German relaunch of the European construction – Sébastien Maillard in Reuters
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The influence of the French-German relation in the German elections – Sébastien Maillard in Le Figaro
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Does Germany influences France in its social reforms – Yves Bertoncini on ARTE
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Enrico Letta in La Croix about the digital development in Europe
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Enrico Letta interviewed by Le Figaro: “Huit mois pour sauver l’Europe”
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Yves Bertoncini on BFM TV about the principal issues of the June 22nd-23rd European Council
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Enrico Letta on France Inter: “L’Europe de Macron est-elle compatible avec l’Europe de Merkel ?”
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Yves Bertoncini on TV5 Monde on the analysis of the European and international news
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Yves Bertoncini in La Croix about the new Franco-German couple
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Elvire Fabry on Public Senat debate on the stakes of the new Franco-German couple
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Yves Bertoncini on Arte about the European record of François Hollande
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Henrik Enderlein in Die Zeit about Macron’s election and the French-German relation
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Yves Pascouau on RFI: “Sécurité: faut-il rétablir le contrôle aux frontières intérieures de l’UE?”
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Enrico Letta in Challenges about the state of the European Union
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