China's central partners in Europe

In a short while, the leaders of our two countries will visit China within days of each other. This occurrence could not have come at a better time. Germany and France have both been China's comprehensive strategic partners for many years. However, never before have our respective partnerships with China been more relevant to addressing global pressing issues. No other two countries coordinate their policies more closely than France and Germany in particular within the European Union.

France and Germany are convinced that the world has to gradually engage on the path of deep decarbonization.

In December, Paris will host the COP21 Conference, which will define the international framework of action to reconcile everyone's aspiration to prosperity with the natural limits of our planet. Our goal is to build a Paris Alliance for Climate enabling us to limit the planet's average temperature rise to less than 2ºC above pre-industrial levels.