Franco-German rapprochement
Franco-German rapprochement
Franco-German cooperation
Cartoon by Behrendt on the monetary crisis (29 May 1974)
ImageIn May 1974, German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing go to the bedside of the sick Europe. The two Heads of State seem to embody 'New hope' in a Europe in the throes of monetary crisis.
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Helmut Schmidt (16 July 1975)
ImageOn 16 July 1975, French President, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, and German Chancellor, Helmut Schmidt, meet in Brussels to discuss European monetary issues.
'No ill-considered monetary system', from Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (13 September 1978)
TextOn 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).
Outcome of the Franco-German consultations (Aachen, 14 and 15 September 1978)
TextOn 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.
'Giscard's European policy', from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (20 September 1978)
TextOn 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.
'Helmut Schmidt: Back to Europe', from Der Spiegel (25 September 1978)
TextOn 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.
'Inside Aachen Cathedral', from Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (29 September 1978)
TextOn 29 September 1978, the German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung welcomes the cordial relations between the German Chancellor, Helmut Schmidt, and the French President, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing.
Address given by Hans-Dietrich Genscher and Louis de Guiringaud (Bonn, 27 November 1978)
TextOn 27 November 1978, during diplomatic consultations between France and Germany in Bonn, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German Foreign Minister, and his French counterpart, Louis de Guiringaud, emphasise the importance of France and Germany in the European unification process.
Cartoon by Geisen on Franco-German rapprochement under Valéry Giscard d’Estaing and Helmut Schmidt (1980)
Image‘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.