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Macron bids farewell to Merkel: Thank you for your patience and kindness to my face

Its “excellent course” Angela Merkel praised the French president Emanuel Macron, who welcomed her yesterday, Wednesday (3/11) in Bonn, Burgundy to say goodbye, as the German chancellor retires from politics after 16 years in power.

“Angela! Angela! “Bravo!”, “Thank you, mother!” Macron chose to meet Merkel there instead of hosting a formal dinner at the Elysee Palace, with his wife at his side. Brigitte. Merkel was accompanied by her husband Joachim Sauer.

One of the most moving moments of the day was when the French president gave the Great Cross in Merkel, the greatest distinction of the Legion of Honor. This is an honor bestowed on him Conrad Adenauer, τον Willie Bradt, τον Helmut Coll and the Gerhard Schroeder and which “symbolizes the strength of the Franco-German friendship maintained by Angela Merkel”, as stated by the French presidency.

“Thank you for accepting this impetuous new president who wanted to overthrow everything”

“Ever since you became chancellor, France has learned to know and love you,” he said. “Thank you for accepting this impetuous new president who wanted to overthrow everything,” “thank you for your patience and kindness in my face.”, added the French president.

Merkel thanked her host. “What was nice about all the presidents was that we shared the same values, even though in the beginning we often had different ideas. We often managed to unite and do more than we could have achieved alone “, he underlined, according to APE-MPE.

Macron pointed out that Merkel initially cooperated with the French president Jacques Chirac, then with him Nicolas Sarkozy, with whom they faced the economic crisis and kept the eurozone united, with François Hollande, with which they dealt with terrorism and the immigration crisis, while with the pandemic covid-19 itself.

The Macron-Merkel hug and the walk in the streets

After the end of the ceremony The German chancellor hugged Macron to the applause of about 20 people present. The French president offered many gifts to Merkel, including a document from her first visit to France in 1990, as Deputy Representative of a delegation from the German Democratic Republic.

Arriving in Bonn, Macron and his wife Brigitte took Merkel and her husband on a tour of Ospis de Bonn, a 15th-century architectural jewel that housed the needy hospital and now hosts the annual Burgundy wine auction. For dinner they went to the Cloud de Vuzo tower, an iconic building located in one of Burgundy’s largest vineyards.

Hundreds of people later took to the streets to greet the two presidential couples as they walked the cobbled streets of Bonn. “It’s an amazing place where you can really feel the experience of France,” Merkel said.

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