‘For the family album. Hop, hop, rider.’ On 22 September 1962, German cartoonist Josef Sauer illustrates the friendship between Chancellor Adenauer and French President de Gaulle. The two grandpas (‘Opa’ — the caption is a play on words on the German nursery rhyme), wearing slippers, are cheerfully bouncing Michel and Marianne up and down on their knees. The French and German symbols have merged, emphasising the rapprochement between the two countries: one of the heraldic eagle’s two heads is a Gallic rooster, while the country’s flags are intertwined.