Merz upholds fight for democracy, 65 years after Berlin Wall built

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2026-08-13

Berlin (dpa) - On the 65th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called on Thursday for the defence of freedom and democracy. "Sixty-five years ago, the leadership of former East Germany had the Wall built. Today, our country has been united longer than it was divided and we live in freedom and peace," Merz wrote on the platform X. "The lesson of the Wall remains: freedom and democracy are not a giv......

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