On 16 July 1975, French President, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, and German Chancellor, Helmut Schmidt, meet in Brussels to discuss European monetary issues.

On 13 September 1978, the German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung comments on Franco-German monetary relations and criticises the vagueness of the plans for the European Monetary System (EMS).

On 14 and 15 September 1978, the German Chancellor, Helmut Schmidt, and the French President, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, meet in Aachen to take Franco-German cooperation a step further.

On 20 September 1978, the German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung analyses French policy on Europe and outlines the joint efforts of the French President, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, and the German Chancellor, Helmut Schmidt, aimed at establishing a stable economic and monetary policy in Europe.

On 25 September 1978, the German weekly magazine Der Spiegel considers the role of Franco-German cooperation in the establishment of the European Monetary System (EMS) that same year.

‘After all these years …’ In 1980, Swiss cartoonist Hans Geisen illustrates the fact that French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing and Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt are pursuing a policy of rapprochement between France and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), thereby continuing the close cooperation between their predecessors, German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and French President Charles de Gaulle.

La situation économique des Etats membres de la CEE se stabilise au courant du deuxième semestre 1976. Sous l'inspiration de la France et de l'Allemagne, le Conseil européen recommande une convergence accrue des politiques économiques et monétaires et une politique coordonnée en matière de change.