French–German enmity
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French–German enmity was the idea of unavoidably hostile relations and mutual revanchism between Germans and French people that arose in the 16th century and became popular with the Franco-Prussian Wa
John Tenniel: Au Revoir!, Punch 6 August 1881
Officers of the Prussian Life Guards, wishing to provoke war with France, ostentatiously sharpen their swords on the steps of the French embassy in Berlin in autumn 1806.
Entry of Napoleon into Berlin by Charles Meynier. 1810. French troops entering Berlin following the Battle of Jena in 1806. Symbolic beginning of the Franco–German enmity.
Proclamation of the German Empire in Versailles' Hall of Mirrors
Old Europe and New Europe
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Old Europe and New Europe are terms used to contrast parts of Europe with each other in a rhetorical way. In the 21st century, the terms have been used by conservative political analysts in the United
French–German enmity
…general. For example, they jointly opposed the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, leading US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to lump them together as "Old Europe". 843: Treaty of Verdun: division of the Holy Roman Empire of Charlemagne into a Western Franconia realm (foundation of France), a central realm…
President George W. Bush and Slovakia's Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda are greeted by a crowd of thousands gathered in Bratislava's Hviezdoslavovo Square (February 2005).