Abstract
From 1945 onwards West Germany and France were clearly to the forefront in the production of discourse on pacifism and European Union. But it should not be forgotten that socialist East Germany also exploited the pacifist theme over a certain period of time, in an attempt to prevent a western European union which threatened East German identity through the political weight it naturally accorded to West Germany. From its setting up in 1959 to international recognition of socialist East Germany in 1973, the journal Rencontres franco-allemandes, mouthpiece for the « Echanges Franco-Allemands » (EFA), echoed the pacifist and anti European discourse of East Germany. However, the pacifist discourse of the EFA also had a non-negligible, impact on domestic French politics since, for part of the French population ; it conjured up an issue of national political importance : the spectre of West German domination.
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