French President Emmanuel Macron was due to continue his official state visit to Germany on Monday with a wreath laying ceremony at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, before leaving the capital for the eastern German state of Saxony.
Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macronplan to pay their respects at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, located near the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag building in the heart of Berlin’s government district.
Around noon, the Macrons are expected at Moritzburg Castle near the city of Dresden, accompanied by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Büdenbender.
The highlight in Dresden will be Macron’s speech on European policy in front of the city’s famous Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady).
The speech is expected to be aimed at young people in Europe, and thousands of people from Saxony, Poland, the Czech Republic and France are expected to attend.
Also on the program on Monday is a visit to the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems in Dresden, where an expert discussion on artificial intelligence (AI) and the European microchip industry is planned.
Macron is expected to conclude his state visit on Tuesday in the western German university city of Münster, where he will be awarded the International Prize for the Peace of Westphalia.
This will be immediately followed late Tuesday afternoon by consultations with the French-German government at Meseberg Palace, a German government guesthouse north of Berlin.
