Quote of the day

Since you have become chancellor, France has learned to know you and to love you. You have worked to keep Europe together ... . I hope that the lesson you have left us with, to stand firm against strong headwinds and to make sure that everybody remains united and that things do not fall apart, that this will stay with us."

French President Emmanuel Macron on outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel before awarding her France's highest award, the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour