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Joachim Sauer husband of Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and partner Gauthier Destenay attend a meeting with Pope Francis at the Regia Hall at the Vatican on March 24, 2017. Prime ministers and presidents from 27 European Union members states have gathered in Italy to mark the 1957 founding of the Treaty of Rome, receiving a Papal blessing on the eve of the 60th anniversary. Leaders have been joined at the audience by representatives of EU institutions. These include Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission and Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM