Kinshasa, November 9th, 2026 (CPA).- The German Chancellor has called on Monday for the protection of freedom and democracy in his country and across Europe, estimating that these should never be taken for granted, on the occasion of the 37th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the international media have reported.
“Freedom and democracy can never come alone. Let us protect them, in Germany and across Europe. They must never be taken for granted,” Friedrich Merz, the German Chancellor has declared.
“The date of November 9th symbolises both the darkest and the happiest moments in our history: anti-Semitism and persecution, the starting of democracy and the fall of the Berlin Wall,” he has continued.
The German head of government has also recalled the three events symbolising the date of November 9th: Kristallnacht, during which the Nazis, members of the far-right political movement, have unleashed a wave of violence against the Jewish population in 1938; the proclamation of the Republic in 1918; and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
In 2024, the President of the Federal Republic of Germany had indicated that the preservation of freedom holds particular significance at a time when democracy is in retreat across the world and wars continue to rage, in Ukraine and in the Gaza Strip. ACP/