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(Front row, LtoR) Saarland's State Premier Anke Rehlinger, France's Minister for the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu, German Minister of Economics and Climate Protection Robert Habeck, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, le France's Minister for Economy and Finances Bruno Le Maire, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner, France's Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Stephane Sejourne and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and (back row, LtoR) Secretary-General of the Elysee Palace Alexis Kohler, German Chief of Staff Wolfgang Schmidt, France's Deputy Minister for Industry and Energy Roland Lescure, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, France's Minister for Higher Education and Research Sylvie Retailleau, German Minister of Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger, France's Deputy Minister for Europe Jean-Noel Barrot and German Minister of State for Europe Anna Luehrmann pose for a family photo at the end of a joint Franco-German cabinet meeting of ministers in front of Schloss Meseberg Palace in Meseberg near Berlin, eastern Germany, on May 28, 2024, on the third day of the French president's state visit. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)