A real return across the Rhine.
Emmanuel Macron will travel to Germany from May 26 to 28 for a state visit, initially planned for 2023 but postponed, we learned Monday evening at the Élysée after the French president's visit to Berlin for a tribute to former Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble.
During this trip across the Rhine, to honor the memory of the deceased former minister, the head of state spoke with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier who invited him for a late state visit. May, which will be the first for a French president since 2000, the Élysée announced.
Value “attachment” to democracy
The visit, which should allow according to the presidency to “highlight the common attachment” of the two countries to democracy, was initially planned for early July 2023 for three days, but the riots in France following the death of young Nahel , killed by a police officer during a road check, led the French president to request a postponement.
Emmanuel Macron's rescheduled visit will come as Germany celebrates the 75th anniversary of its fundamental law in 2024, and a few days before Euro-2024 football organized in the country.
“The State visit will also highlight the unique links between our two peoples, and in particular our youth, a few weeks before the Euro (…) and the Olympic Games,” said the Élysée.
On Monday, the French president also spoke with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, discussing in particular Ukraine, the Middle East and the extraordinary European Council of February 1, for which the two counterparts shared "the objective of achieving a agreement at 27 on the mid-term review of the multiannual financial framework.