Cartoon by Lang on Franco-German rapprochement: the meeting between de Gaulle and Adenauer in Bonn (22 May 1961)

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‘The emperors of Europe. Charlemagne and Konradin.’ On 22 May 1961, as General de Gaulle visits Chancellor Adenauer in Bonn to prepare for the forthcoming meeting between the Heads of State or Government of the Six in Bad Godesberg, German cartoonist Ernst Maria Lang, taking inspiration from the portrait of Charlemagne by German painter and engraver Albert Dürer, offers an ironic look at the new Franco-German duo in Europe. General de Gaulle, represented as Charlemagne in full pomp with the imperial globe, coronation sword and imperial crown, takes the leading role over little Chancellor Adenauer. But this otherwise peaceful idyll is threatened by the ticking time bomb of the Algerian conflict.

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Source: LANG, Ernst Maria, "Die Kaiser von Europa. Charlemagne und Konradin" dans Süddeutsche Zeitung. Münchner Neueste Nachrichten aus Politik, Kultur, Wirtschaft und Sport. München: Süddeutscher Verlag. 20-21-22.05.1961, n° 120-121, 17. Jg, p.3.

Copyright: (c) Ernst Maria LANG

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Cartoon by Lang on Franco-German rapprochement: the meeting between de Gaulle and Adenauer in Bonn (22 May 1961)