did it mean we want to find common responses to the challenges we're facing today and to the challenges of tomorrow as we prepare our future that's what we've committed ourselves to do and what we shall accomplish for the e.u. summit in june we know that means a great deal of work for us having a new civil war. in his joint agency a french journalist reminded merkel about a german writer she'd quoted when michael first visited last year helen has surrender his famous sentence in every beginning lies a certain magic he asked her whether the magic was still alive it's the first time i think when i quoted that sentence i wasn't fully aware of how long it can take to form a government so we decided to conserve that magic we put it away for a few months but now it's coming back. at camp david and. with the franco german conversation on europe's future resuming in water appears to be a friendly atmosphere all eyes are now on a joint meeting of the two countries cabinets in june. are right and ben is here