She referred to the WTO where no country has right of veto

Concert under the baton of Daniel Barenboim, Fireworks, symbolic collapse of dominoes in polystyrene representing the wall: Berlin worthily celebrated, yesterday, the twenty years of the event which would allow the reunification of the Germany. Absent from the ceremonies, the US President still addressed the Berliners in a video message brought to you by US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. "Few of us would have predicted that one day the Germany would be headed by a woman from Brandenburg or that its American ally would be headed by a man of African origin, but the human destiny is what men make," said Barack Obama.

New world order

The celebrations were however, also the opportunity to make policy. Yesterday morning, on television, Chancellor Merkel stated that "German unity is not yet fully completed", especially at the economic level. Between East and West of the country remain "structural differences", she clarified, recalling that unemployment is still more than twice in the Länder of the former GDR. That is why, in her view, the "solidarity tax" that performing all the Germans since 1991 is "required". A very clear answer in the comments over the weekend by the new Minister of transport, Bavaria (CSU) Peter Ramsauer, according to which the West of the country, over the years, had been less well off than the is infrastructure. It is high time, according to him, to redirect spending towards the "old Länder". The Minister of economy, the Liberal Rainer Brüderle, joined the Chancellor to qualify these statements. He admitted "of deficits in the West." But I keep me well say that is received too and it's now the turn of the West. "We must make the largest cake, so that everyone could have a share".

Leaving the domestic registry, Angela Merkel continued its day in the diplomatic field. At a conference devoted to the theme of "Walls falling", she pleaded for a new world order capable of solving global challenges. It particularly called the US more than multilateralism and to agree to entrust certain missions to international organizations. "We Europeans, are relatively used, we have given volunteered - out many of our powers to the EU, but our American partner is of course much more difficult to transfer skills to the IMF or other international organization.".She referred to the WTO, where "no country has right of veto". A form of response to Hillary Clinton, who had called the EU to forge "a stronger partnership" with the United States for "going down the walls of the 21st century and to fight against oppression and religious extremism".A clear reference to the European commitment, in particular German, in Afghanistan, that Washington would increase.

After the speeches of the representatives of the four allied powers who occupied the Germany, in early evening, the Chancellor was to receive 30 heads of State and Government present for a dinner. European leaders were to take the opportunity to discuss appointments to key positions of stable President of the European Council and High Representative for Foreign Affairs under the Treaty of Lisbon.