‘40 years of the Franco-German engine.’ On 22 January 2003, as celebrations are held to mark the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Élysée Treaty, German cartoonist Waldemar Mandzel illustrates the efforts of German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and French President Jacques Chirac to get the engine of European integration working. In the sky, the fathers of the 1963 Élysée Treaty, Konrad Adenauer and Charles de Gaulle, closely observe the scene.