François Hollande, President of the French Republic (first from left) received in Paris, Angela Merkel, the German Federal Chancellor and José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission (first from right) . Here they are pictured at the entrance of the Presidential Palace in the heart of French capital, surrounded by guards standing at attention. The occasion was a discussion on European competitiveness with Members of the European Roundtable of Industrialists (ERT). (EC Audiovisual Services 19/02/2014).
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