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Three-quarter-length coat, uninsured and closed face suitable for a troop review.
To the sound of military music, Gabriel Attal walks his first red carpet abroad since he became prime minister.
In Berlin, in the courtyard of the chancellery, the new head of government is honing in on the international side of his role this Monday with a first official visit.
The choice to go to Germany less than a month after becoming head of government marks his eagerness to occupy the European terrain.
“It was not always the choice of my predecessors to choose Germany and when they did it took a little time…”
, Gabriel Attal himself underlined upon arriving across the Rhine.
Franco-German friendship is
“indispensable fuel for Europe to move forward
,” he added alongside Chancellor Olaf Scholz, 31 years his senior.
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The German leader said he was
“delighted to work”
with his guest, born the year the wall fell…
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