France and Germany should be pioneers in Europe’s renaissance, Macron says

PARIS, Jan 22 – RIA Novosti. France and Germany should be the “pioneers of the renaissance” of Europe, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday.

“Germany and France must together be the pioneers of the rebirth of our Europe. First of all, pioneers in jointly building a new energy model. We must accelerate at the European level the public and private investments needed for environmental transformation. We must complete the diversification of our energy sources and supplies, as well as to encourage the production of carbon-free energy on our continent,” Macron said, speaking at the Sorbonne on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Franco-German treaty.

He also noted that France and Germany should become pioneers in innovation and technology to build a prosperous, green future for Europe, and encourage European manufacturing to make the continent “a champion of new technologies and artificial intelligence.”

On Sunday, a ceremony is held in Paris dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Elysee Treaty – an agreement on friendship between France and Germany, signed by the leaders of the two countries Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer on January 22, 1963 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in the French capital to participate in it. On the same day, a meeting of the 24th Franco-German Council of Ministers will take place.