How Trump brings together Germany and France16.04.2025, 21: 29 reading time: 3 min. Description of the picture spread out by the French government, Union Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz (R) visits to the Élysée-Palast with the French President Emmanuel Macron.dpafranza’s planning commissioner Clément Beaune looks at the change of government in Berlin. An improvement in the Franco-German relationship. The Trump shock can help, he says in the FAZ interview.