60 years of the Élysée Treaty
Underway for the european soul
On January 22, 2023, the Élysée Treaty will look back on its 60th anniversary as a Franco-German friendship treaty. Against the backdrop of a trembling world order, cross-border cultural work as a friendship and peacemaker is coming into focus more than ever. European integration in the greater region needs the renewal of a vision of the future that reaches people in their hearts. “Europe should get itself a soul” once demanded Robert Schuhmann as one of the founding fathers of the European Union. The European model project “Starry Path/
Metz, Scy-Chazelles
Fortified church of St. Quentin (12th/16th c.) with the grave of Robert Schuman (1886-1963), the "father of Europe"