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Treaty between the French Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany on French-German cooperation (22 January 1963)
TexteOn 22 January 1963, in Paris, the representatives of France and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) sign the treaty known as the Élysée Treaty on Franco-German cooperation which enshrines the reconciliation between the two countries and under which they undertake to cooperate in particular in the fields of foreign policy, defence, education and culture.
Preamble to the Élysée Treaty ratification Bill (Bonn, 15 June 1963)
TexteOn 15 June 1963, the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) adopts the preamble to the Bill for the ratification of the Treaty of Friendship between France and Germany, signed on 22 January 1963 in Paris.
Cartoon by Cummings on the French-German rapprochement (17 August 1959)
Image'Pierre Laval: shot for collaborating with Germany 1940-44. Poor chap. He lived before his time!' On 17 August 1959, the British cartoonist, Cummings, expresses the United Kingdom's worries about the friendship and the rapprochement developing between France and Germany, awakening old fears associated, in particular, with the period of the Second World War.
Cartoon by Cummings on the Franco-German Treaty of Friendship (7 February 1963)
Image‘Am I not entitled to a treaty of reconciliation, too?’ On 7 February 1963, referring to the signing, on 22 January at the Élysée Palace, of the Franco-German Treaty of Friendship, the British cartoonist, Cummings, takes an ironic look at the marginal position of the United Kingdom and of its Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan.
Cartoon by Behrendt on the Franco-German Treaty of Friendship (13 February 1963)
Image'Here's to fruitful cooperation!' declare General de Gaulle and the German Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, at the signing, on 22 January 1963, of the Franco-German Treaty of Friendship. This cartoon suggests that this collaboration conceals the desire of each to dominate the other.
Cartoon by Abramov on the Franco-German Treaty of Friendship (10 December 1960)
Image'This is the basis of Franco-German friendship' accuses the Russian newspaper. In 1960, the USSR took a very dim view of the friendship between France and Germany, seeing in their cooperation the spectre of resurgent Nazism in France.
Cartoon by Leo on the Franco-German Treaty of Friendship (20 June 1963)
Image'Under the protection of the ally - the Paris-Bonn Axis'. In June 1963, the Soviet weekly publication Krokodil strongly condems Franco-German cooperation, seen by the USSR as being the first step towards German rearmament.