Samizdat No. 14
On December 8th, Angela Merkel leaves the German Chancellorship. A piece of the life of Central Europeans will go with her.
On December 8th, Angela Merkel leaves the German Chancellorship. A piece of the life of Central Europeans will go with her.
PM Orbán has held preparatory talks for the next EU summit with European Council President Charles Michel, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the Cypriot president as well as his Italian, Slovenian,...
Bei einer Pressekonferenz vor ihrem gestrigen Treffen in Berlin haben sich Ministerpräsident Viktor Orbán und Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel mit einer Vielzahl von Themen befasst, darunter mit dem bilateralen Handel, dem...
At a press conference prior to their meeting yesterday in Berlin, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed a wide range of issues including bilateral trade, the...
Talks on EU enlargement were also on the agenda during PM Orbán’s meeting with the German Chancellor yesterday.
Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel bezeichnete das Paneuropäische Picknick als Symbol der Einheit und dankte den Ungarn, die vor 30 Jahren zur Überwindung der Teilung Europas beigetragen haben.
19 August 2019, Sopron
“Central Europe will have a growing weight in European decision making; ties between Germany and Central Europe will have a focal role in preserving Europe’s unity," the Prime Minister said.
Even at times of division, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said, “freedom fighters like us always knew that there was only one, single Europe.” As the prime minister reflected on the historic significance of Hungary-Germany relations, Hungary’s role in German reunification and the future of Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel named the Pan-European Picnic a symbol of unity and thanked Hungarians who 30 years ago helped overcome the lines of division.
PM Orbán and Chancellor Merkel took part in an ecumenical service in Sopron’s Lutheran Church. Afterward, they held bilateral talks during lunch.
On this day 30 years ago – one day before Hungary’s St Stephen Day celebrations - several hundred East Germans crossed the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events that began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
Chancellor Merkel is coming to Hungary to commemorate the Pan-European Picnic – here’s why that Picnic was so important
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Hungary on August 19th for the 30th anniversary of when citizens from East Germany fled to Austria and later Hungary.