Ideal symbol of European unity: Schulz to represent Macron
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Wednesday 18 December 2024
Islamabad (News International/ Pakistan News - DW News - 18 December 2024) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who will attend the summit of heads of state and government of the European Union in the Belgian capital on Thursday, will also represent France, the presidential palace called the Elysee Palace in Paris announced on Wednesday.
Severe damage on the French archipelago
As the two largest member states of the European Union, Germany and France are also called the ‘motor of the union’ by experts on a political and economic level.
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In the same context, according to the announcement made by the Elysee Palace, French President Emmanuel Macron will be visiting the French overseas territory and archipelago of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean on December 19, which was severely damaged by the devastating hurricane ‘Shadow’ that hit last weekend.
Emmanuel Macron will personally assess the extensive damage during his visit to Mayotte. According to aid workers, the total number of human casualties in Mayotte alone due to the storm could be in the hundreds.
For this reason, President Macron asked German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to represent him in his absence.
Macron's office also said that in such situations, Germany should also represent France, "this is the usual procedure."
The ideal state of German-French relations
It is true that both President Macron and Chancellor Scholz are facing internal political problems and pressures in their own countries, but when it comes to state-level relations between Berlin and Paris, there is no doubt that they have been ideal and full of mutual trust for decades.
The main topics of this EU summit in Brussels include the war in Ukraine, the latest situation in the Middle East and the illegal influx of migrants into the European Union.
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Several high-level meetings are underway in Brussels today, Wednesday, including a summit of the European Union and the countries of the Western Balkans region.
French President Macron is participating in this summit, after which he will also attend a dinner in honor of the participants of today's summit. After that, President Macron will visit Mayotte tomorrow, Thursday.
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