On 2 December 1998, following the Franco-German summit in Potsdam aimed at reaffirming and reviving relations between the two countries, Dutch cartoonist Willem takes an ironic look at the new Chirac–Schröder duo, which is not exempt from the rule of friendship between France and Germany. In the background, we see the portraits of the major players in Franco-German relations since the legendary de Gaulle–Adenauer duo in the 1960s.