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Macron arrives in Germany for rare state visit as EU elections loom

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier address a joint press conference after talks at Bellevue presidential palace in Berlin, Germany on May 26, 2024. © Ludovic Marin, AFP

Emmanuel Macron on Sunday arrived in Berlin on the first state visit to Germany by a French president in a quarter century, seeking to ease recent tensions and warn of the dangers of the far right ahead of European Union elections.

Macron's plane landed at a Berlin airport, according to AFP, at the start of his three-day, four-stop visit that will seek to emphasise the historic importance of the post-war relationship between the two key EU states, as France next month commemorates 80 years since the D-Day landings that marked the beginning of the end of German World War II occupation.

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