"No progress in Europe is possible if there is not agreement between France and Germany," Chirac said, calling the city of Berlin a "symbol of Franco-German reconciliation".

希拉克说：“如果没有法德两国之间的和解，欧洲便不会有进步。” 他还将柏林誉为“法德和解的象徵”。

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An apprentice of Mr Kohl, for whom Franco-German reconciliation was a historic mission, Mrs Merkel is a strong Atlanticist.

ECONOMIST: Franco-German relations

The song's popularity, the citation says, "made an important contribution to Franco-German reconciliation".

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Franco-German reconciliation lies at the heart of the European project, from the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951 to the launch of the single European currency in 1999.

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