Germany risks Weimar-style divisions, President Steinmeier warns
Steinmeier said hopes for liberal democracy and international cooperation have suffered bitter setbacks as more than 400,000 people attend Unity Day events.
- Germany marks the 36th anniversary of German Unity Day on Saturday in Bremen, hosting over 400,000 visitors for national celebrations featuring hundreds of events through Sunday commemorating the 1990 integration of East Germany into the Federal Republic.
- In his final Unity Day speech, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned that democracy faces renewed threats from right-wing extremism, noting that hopes for international cooperation have suffered "bitter setbacks."
- Commemorating October 3, 1990, when five states rejoined the Federal Republic, the festivities highlight the motto "Many Strengths — One Country," with Bremen hosting as the current president of the Bundesrat.
- Eastern Germany commissioner Elisabeth Kaiser argued for a female successor from the east, stating eastern Germans remain underrepresented in power and that the time is right for an eastern German head of state.
- Germany's Federal Convention will elect Steinmeier's successor on January 30, as the 70-year-old president cautioned that the presidency is "not an office to be taken lightly" with his second term ending next year.
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Federal President Steinmeier gives speech at celebrations for the Day of German Unity in Bremen
Almost four decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Federal President Steinmeier sees a profound crisis of confidence. Large sections of the citizens declared their distrust of the political order of the Federal Republic of Germany, says the head of state on the Day of German Unity.
Defend what is valuable and has been won: The Federal President uses the ceremony for the Day of German Unity for a comprehensive warning.
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Defend what is valuable and has been won: The Federal President uses the ceremony for the Day of German Unity for a comprehensive warning.
In his speech on the Day of German Unity, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned against the alleged destructive effects of the Internet on political culture, lamenting "an unbearable political demagogy of extremist forces."
Germany risks Weimar-style divisions, President Steinmeier warns
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned that Germany risked slipping back into the divisions of the pre-World War Two Weimar Republic in a flood of disinformation spread by antidemocratic extremists.
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