30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall - in the presence of Wolfgang SCHÄUBLE, President of the German Bundestag

EP Plenary - 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall - in the presence of Wolfgang SCHÄUBLE, President of the German Bundestag

Plenary session- 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall- Order of business

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of German reunification Lothar DE MAIZIERES and Jacques DELORS addresse in a formal sitting in the European Parliament in Brussels.

20th anniversary of German reunification: extracts of the formal sitting addresses by Lothar DE MAIZIERES and Jacques DELORS

On 20 September, the Bundestag and the House of the people approve of the Unification Treaty, signed in East Berlin on August 31 September 20 by a majority of two thirds. October 1, Germany, who left the Warsaw Pact, became fully sovereign. The quadripartite Allied powers on Berlin are suspended as of October 3. That same day, October 3 at midnight, the German anthem sounded while the German flag was raised in front of the Reichstag in Berlin. The entire Europe celebrates the German reunification.

Memoclip: German reunification in Berlin (28-04/10/1990)

General views of Dublin. European Council: arrivals of Jacques SANTER, Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Hans VAN DEN BROEK, Minister of foreign affairs of the Netherlands, Ruud LUBBERS, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Gianni De MICHELIS, Minister for foreign affairs of Italy, Antonis SAMARAS, Minister for foreign affairs of Greece, Jacques DELORS, EC President, Giulio ANDREOTTI, Prime Minister of Italy, Wilfried MARTENS, Prime Minister of Belgium, Poul SCHLUTER, Prime Minister of Denmark, Felipe GONZALEZ, President of Spain, Enrique BARON CRESPO, EP President, Helmut KOHL, Chancellor of Germany, François MITTERRAND, Prime Minister of France Extracts from the press conference by Helmut KOHL

European Council of Dublin dedicated to German reunification

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, people leaving East Germany by car. Atmosphere in Berlin: people drinking, bringing german flag. Shots at Brandenburg gate. Crowd in front of the Wall. Border crossing by people from east Germany, receiving money. Cars crossing the border. Demolition of the Wall. People entering West Berlin.

Infoclip: Fall of the Berlin Wall - 1989

Willy BRANDT, former Chancellor of Germany gave a press conference on 15 November 1989 in the European Parliament in Brussels, just a few days after the fall of the Berlin wall

EP rewind: Press conference by Willy BRANDT after the fall of the Berlin wall

In late 1989, Brandt became one of the first leftwing leaders in West Germany to publicly favor a quick reunification of Germany, instead of some sort of two-state federation or other kind of interim arrangement. Brandt's public statement "Now grows together what belongs together," was widely quoted in those days.

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