I am a practising Catholic and regularly attend the Church of St Joseph and the Immaculate Conception. I was appointed a Foundation Governor by the Diocese in 2012 and currently also sit on the Finance, Premises & Health & Safety Committee.
Germany was created after the world war 1 when they had to rebuild they named it Germany.
The only empire which has ever united France and Germany (apart from a few years under Napoleon) is the one established in the 8th century by Charlemagne, the grandson of Charles Martel and son of Pepin III.