French president Emmanuel Macron will present the insignia of the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour to Angela Merkel on Wednesday during her last visit as German Chancellor to France, reports Euronews.
This "farewell visit" is presented as a "personal" moment between the two leaders and their spouses, Brigitte Macron and Joachim Sauer, before Merkel leaves politics after the formation of a new German government expected in December.
It "brings to a close years of fruitful work between the President and the Chancellor in order to strengthen bilateral Franco-German cooperation, marked in particular by the signing of the Treaty of Aachen in 2019, and to contribute to the European project," the Elysée stressed.
It is also a question of honouring the exceptional longevity of the chancellor who has led Germany for 16 years and has worked with four French presidents: Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy, Francois Hollande, and Macron.