lustily to france where parisians looked on from the shoals elisei as fireworks soared above the arc de triomphe and if each. old german johnson i'm going to merkel has used her new year's addressed c.o.h. the country to pull together she says she was aware of fears that a rift was opening up in german society and that people were becoming divided over a range of issues she also outlined the key challenges facing the country in twenty eighteen. it was a difficult political year for chancellor angela merkel at the very beginning of her speech she addressed the social atmosphere in germany and the tensions of files i think i know from many conversations and encounters this year that a lot of you are concerned about the cohesion of germany it has been a long time since the differences of opinion about this have been so stark some have even spoken of a rift running through a society like. merkel mentioned the worries over whether the government would be able to organize and direct immigration into germany but she also spoke of the fears and doubts of people living in the countryside who

fraternity may be the national motto of friends but it doesn't apply to the pebbles those outside the elisei palace are at the very pinnacle of the pebble hierarchy watched over by the republican guard and protected from unpleasant footsteps by a red carpet the smooth round pebbles are only tread upon my special shoes. the slick mall that the court of ana has always had a sacred status it's in the president's to maim his offices here so we have to secure everything no one but the president or high ranking guests may walk on these pebbles yes it was you know we'll be talking to the german president from fall to shine meyer has permission the french president's wife regime macondo to name over the presidential canine where snow shoes so a blind eye is turned to him but protocol stipulates that the delegations of heads of state and heads of government must walk around the sangar sector pebbles on a paved path the press enjoys a minor privilege they're allowed a few square metres on special occasions but simply going straight across the courtyard that's. when things calm down again after recepti

for the presidents of the german friendship parliaments of mao the fifty fifth anniversary of the elisei treaty which sealed reconciliation between the two countries after world war two in a speech at the bundestag germany's parliament the french president said stronger cooperation between the two countries was a precondition for strengthening europe. the french flag waves in front of the bundestag inside german lawmakers applaud the president of the french part of course was delusional address the m.p.'s during a debate on the treaty calling for stronger and deeper ties between force and germany and taking a stand against the rise of populist. populism it always starts by rejecting the unknown and denouncing everything that is different populism destroys our society and kills democracy in short ashit germany and france both have strong right wing populist parties in parliament and both are euro skeptic the alternative for germany refused to applaud your regime calling franco german relations hypocritical. yes we support national reconciliation but in the way former french president de g