Freshly re-elected Emmanuel Macron chose 9 May to come to dinner in Berlin. An auspicious date in EU circles.
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Nicknamed "Europe Day", it commemorates the signing of the post World War Two Schuman declaration promoting peace between European nations.
A very different vision of Europe to that of Vladimir Putin, the French president noted.
Together, he said, France and Germany carried the ambition for a stronger, more sovereign, more democratic, more united EU, able to rise to the challenges currently facing the continent.
It's EU tradition for French and German leaders to visit each other as the first trip abroad following their election. An intentionally symbolic display of the bloc's Franco-German motor purring, even roaring ahead.
At least, they hope that's the message transmitted.
But how united and influential are France and Germany in today's EU?
I'd argue the Russia-Ukraine crisis has fundamentally shifted not only EU security dynamics, but the balance of power in the bloc too. And it's no longer just about France and Germany.
When Mr Macron first came to Berlin back in 2017, he was a rookie compared to then Chancellor Angela Merkel.
But her successor Olaf Scholz has handled Russia sanctions and weapons deliveries to Ukraine slowly and clumsily during the current crisis - frustrating voters at home and allies abroad.
