On 29 March 1984, German cartoonist Walter Hanel paints an ironic picture of the close cooperation between François Mitterrand, President of the French Republic and President-in-Office of the Council of the European Communities, and Helmut Kohl, German Chancellor, to break the deadlock on some European issues and allow the Ten to move forward. In the background, Federal Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, gesturing ‘V’ for victory, supports the action of the two leaders, who are trying to put a smile back on the face of a Europe that is suffering and in a wheelchair.