‘The Holy Franco-German Europe, apostolic and Roman, deserves at least a ceremony! Mr Couve de Murville is still lagging behind.’ On 4 July 1962, as German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer visits France, French cartoonist Roland Moisan shows President de Gaulle and Chancellor Adenauer attending mass together in Reims Cathedral, where the Kings of France were crowned from the sixth century onwards. This historic visit by Adenauer to France, just 17 years after the end of the Second World War, underlines the determination of the two leaders to work towards reconciliation. Moisan also insists on the Western Christian nature of this future Franco-German partnership in Europe.