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Politicians and business representatives from France and Germany have stressed the need for a sound and extensive cooperation of the two key EU members to maintain progress on climate action, the energy transition, and safeguarding European unity. Following weeks of reports about quarrels and disagreements between the governments in Berlin and Paris, members of parliament of both countries at an annual bilateral meeting earlier this week assured that Franco-German cooperation is intact amid the energy crisis and the ongoing war by Russia in Ukraine. Germany鈥檚 foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock from the Green Party, said the two countries鈥� close partnership should not be taken for granted. 鈥淔riendship costs something, you have to invest in it.鈥� She said the fact that the bilateral ministerial meeting planned for October had been postponed did not mean that relations have soured, news agency dpa reported in an carried by Handelsblatt. Russia鈥檚 war had forced both France and Germany 鈥渢o talk straight鈥� about crucial questions regarding security and defence, industrial and energy policy as well as effective steps to curb global warming. Projects like 鈥渁 true energy union鈥� required well-organised meetings that might take longer to prepare, she added.

鈥淲e must not be separated,鈥� said the president of Germany鈥檚 parliament, B盲rbel Bas, at the joint parliament session held in the German capital. 鈥淭he close German-French cooperation has become even more important in this situation,鈥� she added. The Social Democrat (SPD) said both countries had their own 鈥渄iffering but legitimate interests,鈥� but the strength of the Franco-German axis had always been that differences between them ultimately were turned into progress for Europe as a whole. Bas鈥檚 French counterpart, Ya毛l Braun-Pivet of the liberal LREM party, said irrespective of the current disputes regarding certain issues, 鈥渨e see that we鈥檙e able to talk them through and overcome them together.鈥� The German-French parliamentary assembly is held twice every year and gathers 100 MPs from both countries to discuss joint challenges.

At a held a day later on 8 November, representatives of industry groups from both countries met to sound out potential cooperation on climate action and European 鈥渆nergy sovereignty.鈥� Martin Wansleben, head of the German chamber of commerce (DIHK), in light of the current economic and energy crisis, France and Germany 鈥渟hould strive to lift their long tradition of bilateral economic collaboration to a higher level.鈥� The two largest EU members had to become 鈥渢he engine for Europe鈥� once again. Especially regarding energy and environmental policy, the pair had to seize the opportunity for reforms. 鈥淐ooperation on climate action and the energy supply of the future are essential requirements for small and large companies in these challenging times,鈥� Wansleben said.