Élysée Treaty
Called the Elysee Treaty Franco-German friendship treaty was signed by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and French President Charles de Gaulle in Paris' Elysee Palace on January 22, 1963. This agreement on the German -French cooperation has since increasingly merged the two neighbors in Europe after a long " enmity " and costly wars. The agreement commits both governments to consult on all important issues of foreign, security, youth and cultural policy. Likewise, meetings were decided at the government level at regular intervals. On the French side François Seydoux de Clausonne was substantially involved in the conclusion of the contract on the German side of Adenauer 's foreign policy adviser Horst Osterheld.
For intermediate detuning caused the preamble, which was added to the contract by the German side before ratification. In it, the Germans declared their close ties to the U.S. and the will to hold Britain to the EEC. De Gaulle, however, pursued the goal of strengthening with the help of the Federal Republic of Germany the position of Europe compared to the U.S. and expand, so to weaken the importance of the United States.
The Treaty entered into force upon signature on July 2, 1963. He was followed on 5 July 1963, the Foundation Agreement for the German - French Youth Office. As a result, he developed numerous twinning and partnerships between schools and clubs.
1988 translated Chancellor Helmut Kohl and French President François Mitterrand in addition to the agreement, a council for the coordination of defense interests ( German - French Defence and Security ) and the economic, financial and monetary policy. Since 2001, moreover, find as a result of " Blaesheim Agreement " the meeting between the two leaders at 6 - to 8- weekly basis instead.
On 22 January 2003 to the 40- year anniversary of the signing of the Elysee Treaty, the first meeting of the Franco-German Council of Ministers was held. There was a joint meeting of the National Assembly and the German Bundestag in Versailles, and a commissioner for the German -French cooperation in both countries was first appointed. 2003 from Germany and France also created jointly funded Franco-German Fund for cultural programs in third countries, the so-called Elysee Fund. This fund supports annual German - French cultural projects with a maximum of 25,000 euros. 2011 stood him 460,000 euros. Then THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY celebrations, there was a joint statement by the French President and the German Chancellor, but which is only to be understood as a declaration of intent and goal seeking dual citizenship for German and French, as well as harmonization of family and civil law.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty, France and Germany have proclaimed a German -French Year. Within this framework, found from September 2012 to July 2013, numerous events at the official and civil society level instead.
On the 50th anniversary of the signing of the contract, ie on 22 January 2013, the French Government, the President came ( Hollande ) and the Senate for celebrations to Berlin. The members of both parliaments (German Parliament and National Assembly ) remembered together the historical event; the 577 deputies of the National Assembly were invited to Berlin. On 31 January 2013, the staff of the Euro Corps in Strasbourg organized a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the Elysee Treaty, and on July 14, the National Day of France took the Air Force for the first time on " Flypass " over Paris.