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Strasbourg (AP) – French President Emmanuel Macron has his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier Sunday night at a concert in Strasbourg Cathedral received.
The meeting marked the beginning of a series of commemorations in France at the end of the First World War 100 years ago. According to Elysépalast, works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Claude Debussy were part of the Concert for Peace in Europe program.
Paris also took this opportunity to commemorate the return of Alsace-Lorraine to France 100 years ago. After the armistice of November 11, 1918, German troops had evacuated the occupied areas – and Alsace-Lorraine, which belonged to the German Reich since 1871.
After the stage in Strasbourg will be Macron embark on a multi-day tour through eleven departments to visit a separate trilogy of the First World War, including Verdun or Reims. At the same time, the young man of 40, who failed in the polls, wants to reconnect with the French, wrote the daily "Le Monde".
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