King Charles III addressed the German people from its parliament on Thursday and lauded the cooperation between their two countries in helping Ukraine confront the Russian invasion.
BERLIN — Britain’s King Charles III addressed Germany’s parliament on Thursday and lauded the two countries’ cooperation in helping Ukraine confront Russia’s invasion.
“Listening to him speak German in the Bundestag was a bit like listening to the queen, speaking Irish to the Irish president in 2011. It’s the sign of a proper historical restart,” said Roderick Parkes, research director at the German Council on Foreign Relations. He called the speech a positive step in the two countries’ relations.
The fact that Charles visited ahead of his coronation on May 6 was a “great personal” and a “strong European gesture,” German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said at Wednesday’s banquet ahead of the king’s speech. “It means a lot to me. It means a lot to us Germans.” Berlin student Alexander Forkert, 27, still finds it a shame that the majority of British voters chose to leave the E.U. “We have to try and keep relations as close as possible. I don’t think it’s easy. And so now there’s the charm offensive from the British king.”
This is “convincing proof, it seems to me, of the generosity of the people in Germany,” Charles told some 130 guests at Schloss Bellevue on Wednesday evening.
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