GERMANY: The German and French finance ministers and central bank governors meet in Berlin to mark the 25th anniversary of the German-Franco financial and economic council

Record ID: 860770

  • Title: GERMANY: The German and French finance ministers and central bank governors meet in Berlin to mark the 25th anniversary of the German-Franco financial and economic council
  • Date: 7th May 2013
  • Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (MAY 07, 2013) (REUTERS) PAN FROM VOLKSWAGEN "BEETLE" (BUG) AND CITROEN "CV2" PARKED OUTSIDE GERMAN FINANCE MINISTRY TO ENTRANCE BANNER ABOVE ENTRANCE READING "25 YEARS GERMAN-FRANCE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC COUNCIL" BANQUE DE FRANCE GOVERNOR CHRISTIAN NOYER TALKING TO BUNDESBANK PRESIDENT JENS WEIDMANN AS THEY LOOK AT CITROEN "CV2" ON DISPLAY FLAGS OUTSIDE NOYER, FRENCH FINANCE MINISTER PIERRE MOSCOVICI GERMAN FINANCE MINISTER WOLFGANG SCHAEUBLE AND WEIDMANN TAKING SEATS
  • Embargoed: 22nd May 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Germany
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  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: International Relations,Economy,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA57L3EZU4BPT6BA28OSBEEQYJ6
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  • Story Text: The finance ministers of German and France were joined by the central bank governors of their respective countries for a family photo on Tuesday (May 07) when Berlin marked the 25th anniversary of the German-Franco financial and economic council.
    Host Wolfgang Schaeuble and his counterpart Pierre Moscovici briefly gathered for the photo at the German finance ministry where they were joined by Banque de France Governor Christian Noyer and Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann.
    Also present were 40 students of the German-Franco youth association known in Germany as Deutsch-Franzoesisches Jugendwerk (DFJW).
    Schaueble and Moscovici earlier spoke to students at Berlin's Free University and were later expected to hold a joint news conference.
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