21/09/2015 (Agence Europe) -Merkel and Hollande to jointly address European Parliament on Wednesday 7 October. The chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, and the president of France, François Hollande, will jointly address the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday 7 October. The last time such an event occurred was in 1989, by the then German chancellor, Helmut Kohl, and the then French president, François Mitterand. The president of the EP, Germany's Martin Schulz, said in a press release published on Monday 21 September: “This is a historic visit for historically difficult times.” In early September, the European Parliament announced a visit on the same day by King Felipe VI of Spain. (MB)