president planned a common political agenda in europe and the world good friends valid a just god and helmut schmidt found a coalition of the seven most important industrial nations in the world the g. seven. in one nine hundred eighty four president francois mitterrand and chancellor helmut kohl shook hands and very close to the graves of the first world war they wanted to show europe that the worst enemies had become closest of allies. today germany and france continue to meet daily to discuss european policy. they even cooperate militarily on weapons programs and in conflict zones such as in mali . it's an alliance that eighty years ago nobody would have thought possible. years michel like up there and back half and join us now from arc and good morning to both of you max if i could start with you what's in this new trainee and will it make any substantial changes. well many of those who read it the verdict is pretty clear there's not a whole lot more in there than we had in the treaty of beforehand and that's why the money call the french president whom we're expecting here. pretty soon has also

a common political agenda in europe and the world good friends valid ages got their star and helmut schmidt found a coalition of the seven most important industrial nations in the world the g seven . in nineteen eighty-four president francois mitterrand and chancellor helmut kohl shook hands and beds are close to the graves of the first world war they wanted to show europe that the worst enemies have become closest of allies. today germany and france continue to meet daily to discuss european policy. they even cooperate militarily on weapons programs and in conflict zones such as in mali it's an alliance that eighty years ago nobody would have thought possible. he never used michele hoffman joins us now live from auckland good morning to both of you max if i could start with you what's in the new treaty again and what will it mean for the u. . but if you read those sixteen pages of the new treaty it reminds you in many ways of the old treaty the treaty of the say because many feel they touch upon our known cultural corporation for example making sure their language skills for the other one

president planned a common political agenda in europe and the world good friends valid a just god and helmut schmidt found a coalition of the seven most important industrial nations in the world the g seven . inviting eighty four president francois mitterrand and chancellor helmut kohl shook hands and bad are close to the graves of the first world war they wanted to show europe that the worst enemies have become closest of allies. today germany and france continue to meet daily to discuss european policy. they even cooperate militarily on weapons programs and in conflict zones such as in mali. it's an alliance that eighty years ago nobody would have thought it possible. and with me to talk more about this is deja vu political correspondent hans frank good morning hans the cornerstone of this new treaty said to be signed in a couple of hours is a joint eve foreign and security structure can sketch for us what that could look like well france and germany of building the cole constructing a call for those the e.u. structure at the moment there's obviously only concerns france and germany and what they

a common political agenda in europe and the world good friends valid ages got their star and helmut schmidt found a coalition of the seven most important industrial nations in the world the g seven . in nineteen eighty-four president francois emitter all and chancellor helmut kohl shook hands and very darn close to the graves of the first world war they wanted to show europe but the worst enemies have become closest of allies. today germany and france continue to meet daily to discuss european policy they even cooperate militarily on weapons programs and in conflict zones such as in mali. it's an alliance that eighty years ago nobody would have thought it possible. let's talk about where this alliance is headed with me in the studio now as leader of you political correspondent good morning what's the cornerstone of this new treaty is the joint foreign and security policy that that is being focused on right now can you sketch for us what is i can tell you well obviously france and germany have always considered themselves as the driving engine of e.u. integration of the european union as a w

president planned a common political agenda in europe and the world good friends valid a just god and helmut schmidt found a coalition of the seven. most important industrial nations in the world the g seven. inviting eighty four president francois emitter all and chancellor helmut kohl shook hands and very close to the graves of the first world war they wanted to show europe but the worst enemies had become closest of allies. today germany and france continue to meet daily to discuss european policy. even cooperate militarily on weapons programs and in conflict zones such as in mali. it's an alliance that eighty years ago nobody would have thought possible. so where is today's relationship headed standing by for us in often our correspondents max hoffman and michele acosta our good morning to both of you the location for this signing today is of course highly symbolic how is it contributing to today's event. well brian indeed it is highly symbolic you see the at least part of it the town hall of auckland behind me and mark my words this is at least part of it over a thousand years old so when this