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France and West Germany signed the Élysée Treaty, establishing a new foundation for relations that ended centuries of rivalry.
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Élysée Treaty
1963 peace agreement between France and West Germany
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France–Germany relations
Bilateral relations
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French–German enmity
1500s–1940s hostile relations between Germans and French
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