Macron and Merkel sign update to 1963 Élysée treaty in effort to mitigate populist party gains
France and Germany are to renew their vows of postwar friendship, aiming to show that the motor that has traditionally powered the EU project remains strong as nationalist and populist parties advance across the continent.
President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Angela Merkel will sign the update to the 1963 Elysée treaty on Tuesday in the German border city of Aachen, residence of Charlemagne, the “father of Europe” who managed to unite much of western Europe in the ninth century.
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