(22 Jan 2003)

1. Wide shot Elysee palace
2. Mid shot French dress guard
3. Wide shot palace
4. Mid shot French soldiers in dress uniform outside palace
5. Various German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's car arriving
6. Schroeder greeting French President Jacques Chirac, hand shake
7. Wide shot to zoom of two men shaking hands and walking into building
8. French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin's car arriving, Raffarin walking into building
9. Zoom in on Raffarin pan to Chirac, pan to Schroeder
10. Wide shot palace
11. Mid shot French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin arriving
12. German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer arriving
13. Wide shot photo opportunity
14. Zoom in on Chirac and Schroeder
15. Wide shot French and German ministers dispersing
16. Wide shot round table
17. Zoom in on Chirac as he takes his seat
18. Wide shot round table
19. Close up of Schroeder
20. Pan round table

STORYLINE:

France and Germany began celebrations on Wednesday to mark 40 years of reconciliation between the two once-bitter enemies that focused on playing a key role together in the building of Europe.

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder met French President Jacques Chirac at Paris' presidential Elysee Palace.

The two leaders presided over a joint Cabinet meeting of ministers from both countries, including French Prime Minister Jean Pierre Raffarin and German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer.

A raft of events planned for the day were to focus on the theme of two European giants looking to reinvigorate their pivotal relationship.

In recent months, France and Germany have worked together to ensure a stronger say in shaping the European Union's future as it accepts 10 new members in 2004.

The two governments are expected to announce an agreement allowing French and German ministers to attend each other's Cabinet meetings.

The commemorations celebrate the 1963 signing of the Elysee friendship treaty, signed by former French President Charles de Gaulle and German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.

Later on Wednesday, the French and German parliaments will meet in an extraordinary joint session at the Chateau de Versailles outside Paris.

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