an hour agoMerkel's message to EU leaders
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)On the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Europe to protect democracy and freedom, human rights and tolerance. Addressing political leaders and other European personalities invited to the occasion ceremony, Merkel said such values should always be protected, warning that [...]
As she addressed political leaders and other European personalities invited to the occasion ceremony, Merkel said such values should always be protected, warning that they cannot be taken for granted.
The values on which Europe is based are freedom, democracy, equality, rule of law, human rights should not be taken for granted. We always have to protect them. In the future, Europe will continue to fight for human rights, tolerance and democracy. We are at a time of global change, so this is an urgent issue. ”
Speaking on what is also described as the completion hat, Merkel said the barrier separating the communist East from the democratic West was history. The German Chancellor, who grew up in East Germany, greeted members of the public when she arrived at Bernauer Strasse to symbolically place a rose on a foot section of the wall.
