From Arch-enmity (“Erbfeindschaft” “inimitié héréditaire”) to Lasting Friendship
Journal Title: EUROLIMES - Year 2018, Vol 26, Issue 26
Abstract
The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) is the legal successor of the state which came out of the World War I and was outlawed in 1918. Its democracy wanted to be part of the League of Nations, but its way, however, led to a dictatorship by its own fault, which finally led to the World War II and the Holocaust. Germany learned much too late that violence is not an adequate way to solve any conflicts at that time. The signature of the Treaty of Rome, in 1957, and that of the foundation of the European Community (EC) can be seen as an important starting point to improve and to get to normal concerning neighborhood relations between states, in particular to France. This year, in 2018, 55 years ago, the Elysée Treaty was signed by French President Charles de Gaulle and German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer It was a cornerstone for rapprochement between France and Germany, after the Second World War, as well as for the foundation of the European unification. In 1988 a common safety and defense council as well as a council for economic and fiscal policy were established. A new treaty is supposed to be signed still this year.
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Lutz Michael BÜCHNER
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