04:04Germany: Reunification is 'ongoing process' says Merkel on Unity Day
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said German unity is an ongoing process "which concerns all Germans, regardless of whichever federal state they come from" in a speech held for German Unity Day in Kiel on Thursday.
"In 1990, we could have at least what some anticipated, that assuming responsibility in some way is the toil of freedom," Merkel said, adding that the constitution remained the basis of Germany's togetherness.
The German Chancellor also underlined the necessity of facing current challenges adding, "In concrete terms, that means yes to free discussion, yes to hard demands on politics and in the spirit of our social-market economy also towards economy and unions, no to intolerance, no to exclusion, no to hate and anti-Semitism, no to living at the expense of the weak and disabled."
Germany's Unity Day celebrates October 3, 1990, when the Federal Republic of Germany and the Democratic Republic of Germany were united.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said German unity is an ongoing process "which concerns all Germans, regardless of whichever federal state they come from" in a speech held for German Unity Day in Kiel on Thursday.
"In 1990, we could have at least what some anticipated, that assuming responsibility in some way is the toil of freedom," Merkel said, adding that the constitution remained the basis of Germany's togetherness.
The German Chancellor also underlined the necessity of facing current challenges adding, "In concrete terms, that means yes to free discussion, yes to hard demands on politics and in the spirit of our social-market economy also towards economy and unions, no to intolerance, no to exclusion, no to hate and anti-Semitism, no to living at the expense of the weak and disabled."
Germany's Unity Day celebrates October 3, 1990, when the Federal Republic of Germany and the Democratic Republic of Germany were united.