German Unity Day
Monday is German unity day, but will it be ? Will the two main political parties come to some form of agreement over how and who should govern one of the largest economies in Europe after the recent election. The stalemate and recent impasse by both sides has lead to confusion not only in Germany but also in the whole of Europe as well as with the leading financial institutions. Hence the value of the Euro has suffered against the other major currencies something that after the No votes the Euro and the financial planning masters in Europe could well do without.It still seems to strange to those of us who were born in the 60's that there is no such thing as the Berlin wall any longer. I count myself as being lucky in some respects to have seen it but I also realise the huge social and political problems that the separation of Germany caused. Songs were written about it, the line from the Sex Pistols Holidays in the sun, "I don't wanna go over the Berlin wall" still abound today as people still listen to that track but the huge significance of the wall and the wall itself seem largely to have disappeared as today we are told of a new threat to world peace. The old cold war has vanished, the divisions between East and West, Russia on the one hand and the US on the other to be replaced by a new threat that of terror attacks and Al Qaeda.
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