‘Yellow Vests’ protest against Franco-German Aachen Treaty
Dozens of “Yellow Vests” activists gathered to protest against signing of the Treaty of Aachen by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday.
According to local police, the majority of protesters were German citizens who were demanding cheaper rents and social justice.
In addition to the ‘Yellow Vests,’ up to 200 representatives of the pro-European citizens' movement ‘Pulse of Europe’ reportedly participated in the rally.
One of the protesters said that he is “proposing to found a European Republic” with its capital in Aachen. “That is why we took advantage of the occasion to come here and put our proposition forward,” he added.
The latest Franco-German friendship treaty pledges deeper economic and defense ties as well as commitment to the EU.
Merkel and Macron sign the deal on the anniversary of a similar Franco-German cooperation treaty in 1963 by France's Charles de Gaulle and the German chancellor of the time, Konrad Adenauer.
At a ceremony in the German border city of Aachen, an historic symbol of European concord, Merkel and Macron sought to show they can provide fresh leadership for the troubled EU project.
But some analysts doubt that France and Germany can still lead an EU that has grown to 28 members with diverse and often conflicting interests and priorities.
The two leaders want the 16-page Aachen Treaty, negotiated over the past year to update the 1963 Elysee Treaty, to give an impulse to European unity that has been strained by Brexit, immigration and the euro zone crisis.
(Source: Agencies)
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