French president Emmanuel Macron emerged from a lunchtime meeting with the new German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday to hail their convergence of views, reports RFI.
Addressing Scholz as "dear Olaf" and using the informal "tu" pronoun in French, Macron said he welcomed the show of unity between the men.
"There is a desire to have our countries work together," added Macron. "And a firm and determined belief in Europe, which I knew already, and which we will need in the months and years ahead."
Macron said the visit was a very important moment to build solid foundations for cooperation between the countries.
The two men discussed their vision for the future of the European Union as well as tensions between Ukraine and Russia, EU-bound migrants in Belarus, and ties with China and the African continent.