The Berlin Wall

[Yetos]

it was 9/11/1989 when the gates of the wall after 28 years,

it was 22/12/1989 when the Minister of West and East Germany meet at Brandeburg gate,

yet this not the last wall in Europe, since exist another one in Cyprus,


PS
I wonder what happened and from unification movements, after that we have aytonomistic movements in Europe.

 

[oriental]

I was surprised as I thought the Soviet Union would outlast me. It was because of this fall that French President Francois Mitterand demanded the Euro. Wonder if it was a mistake?

 

[Cimmerianbloke]

I think that if I had been told when I was 13 that I would visit Poland, Hungary, (now former) Czechoslovakia, and a bunch of Warsaw-pact countries, I would have laughed. As for Mitterand, that great swindler, I think it's difficult to interpret what he really thought, as he experienced the German occupation first-hand, it might have been quite hard for him to accept that Germany would somehow take a leading role in Europe. Reading recent papers underlines that the fear of the German might, be it political or economical, is still recurrent and widespread.

 

[oriental]

Yes, both Thatcher and Mitterand were against a United Germany. He is purported to have said two Germanies is better than one or something like that. No one can foresee the future that is for sure.