Besides
the German leaders, the Presidents of Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic and
Hungary participated in the ceremony in Berlin, marking the 30th anniversary
of the fall of the Wall. I am very pleased they did. The date is an important
one for freedom and democracy in their part of Europe. But it is also a key one for the rest
of us, in the EU. It is about freedom, the end of a totalitarian approach to
governance, the realisation that the communist utopia, as promoted by the Soviets
and their allies, was nothing else but a tragic instrument to keep power in the
hands of minority political extremists. It is above all a key date for Europe and
its modern history. As such, it is most surprising not to see at today’s
ceremony some politicians such as Emmanuel Macron, Charles Michel, the incoming
EU Council President, and many others from the Western side of Europe. I think
they made a mistake.
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