Kohl–Mitterrand Verdun hand-in-hand gesture

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The Kohl–Mitterrand Verdun hand-in-hand gesture was a powerful 1984 moment in which German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and French President François Mitterrand clasped hands at a World War I battlefield to symbolize Franco-German reconciliation and European unity.


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Franco-German reconciliation hasSymbolicEvent Kohl–Mitterrand Verdun hand-in-hand gesture