STORY: Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Paris on Sunday at the Sorbonne University with a warm welcome from President Emmanuel Macron. The reason for the meeting in the morning was the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty. On this day, Germany and France celebrate the friendship treaty that Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and President Charles de Gaulle signed in Paris 60 years ago. Numerous MPs from both countries were present in the French capital. “The unification of the European nations requires that the centuries-old antagonism between France and Germany be erased. In 1950 Robert Schumann formulated this sentence. He anticipated what Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer would do twelve years later with the Élysée Treaty sealed. The overcoming of a hereditary enmity between Germany and France that had lasted for centuries. The beginning of a new era of cooperation, which over the years grew into an inseparable friendship. Too sibling affection. Today that is so easy to say. But as the Élysée Treaty 60 years ago, the Second World War unleashed by Germany with its monstrous devastation was less than 20 years ago. Its wounds had not been repaired, let alone healed. As well as in view of the crimes against humanity. We Germans are all the more moved by the human greatness of the French people , which we at al despite justified doubts, reached out a hand for reconciliation.” Following the ceremony in the Sorbonne, the joint Council of Ministers was scheduled in the Élysée Palace, which was rescheduled because it had been canceled at short notice in October.