30-летие падения Берлинской стены

Канцлер Германии Ангела Меркель была среди выдающихся личностей, которые в субботу (9 ноября) приняли участие в церемонии, посвященной 30-летию падения Берлинской стены. На церемонии Меркель предостерегла от восприятия демократии как нечто само собой разумеющегося.

"Ни одна стена, которая разделяет людей и ограничивает их свободу, не будет столь высока ... чтоб ее нельзя была разрушить," - добавила она.

Берлинская стена разделила контролируемый Советским Союзом Восточный Берлин и капиталистический Западный Берлин во время холодной войны. Ее падение в 1989 году было расценено как победа либеральной демократии и привело к воссоединению Германии год спустя. Однако в своем выступлении канцлер Меркель также предупредила, что "ценности, на которых основана Европа - свобода, демократия, равенство, верховенство закона, права человека - они не являются чем-то само собой разумеющимся, и их необходимо вновь и вновь возрождать и защищать."

"Мы лишены каких-либо оправданий и обязаны вносить свой вклад в свободу и демократию," - добавила она в своей речи на церемонии у мемориала Берлинской стены.

источник: commonspace.eu по материалам агентств

фото: Канцлер Германии Ангела Меркель прибывает на церемонию празднования 30-летия падения Берлинской стены в субботу, 9 ноября.

 

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