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Germany, France on anniversary eye bolstered eurozone

France and Germany on Tuesday agreed to hammer out joint proposals for strengthening the crisis-battered eurozone as they marked 50 years since a treaty sealing their post-war reconciliation.

French President Francois Hollande (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive at the French Embassy near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, on January 22, 2013. France and Germany on Tuesday agreed to hammer out joint proposals for strengthening the crisis-battered eurozone as they marked 50 years since a treaty sealing their post-war reconciliation.

Setting past tensions aside, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande put on a show of unity, even dropping past formalities and trumpeting their personal "chemistry".

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