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Sophia Khatsenkova

Merz-Macron meeting: Germany and France to set up 'joint defence and security council'

In keeping with tradition, Germany’s newly elected Chancellor Friedrich Merz made his first official visit abroad to France on Wednesday, hoping to launch a new chapter in the Franco-German relationship.

The trip's symbolic significance was clear: it renewed what has often been called the EU's “Franco-German motor”.

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