Germany and France will sign a treaty on Jan 22 that will "twin" their two economies, militaries and even political systems closer than even the creators of the European Union ever envisioned. French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel - despite being both damaged politically - have won approval from their cabinets for the treaty, which will create a joint, 100-member parliament, create a joint military force, a joint foreign policy, and envisions the creation of border town “Eurodistricts" in which French and German towns merge public transport networks and utilities.
The pact is seen as a prototype for the future of the European Union - borderless and without sovereign Nation-States. Alexander Gauland, leader of the populist, anti-mass migration Alternative for Germany Party, has condemned the union as a further "erosion of our national sovereignty."
Significantly, the treaty will be signed in the German city of Aachen, where the Emperor Charlemagne had his imperial residence, and where 31 rulers of the Holy Roman Empire were crowned over six centuries.
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