‘Paris and Berlin celebrate 50 years of turbulent friendship’

Published on 22 January 2013

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Celebrations marking the 50 years of the Elysée Treaty are going ahead at a time when relations between the two neighbours have been marked by economic decline in France, where unemployment has reached 10.5 per cent: twice the rate in Germany.
The relationship between the two countries has also been marked by France’s intervention in Mali, which has underlined its military leadership of the Franco-German couple.

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