The Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly (French: Assemblée parlementaire franco-allemande, APFA; German: Deutsch-Französische Parlamentarische Versammlung, DFPV) is a joint body of the German Bundestag and the French National Assembly formed to enable cooperation between both houses.
The French and German parliaments had previously held a joint session on occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty, a key document for France–Germany relations after World War II, in January 2003.
Subsequent talks between Bundestag and Assemblée nationale representatives ultimately resulted in an inter-parliamentary agreement to create a new parliamentary assembly, which was approved separately by both legislatures.
[3] The assembly's first session was held on 25 March 2019 in Paris after the agreement was signed by Wolfgang Schäuble and Richard Ferrand, each parliament's president.
Its goal is to discuss matters of French-German cooperation, such as the ratification of the Aachen Treaty, cross-border development projects, and the implementation of EU Directives.