They held hands and stood in silence before the tragedy of history.
They reconciled their countries and brought #Europe closer.
On #PeaceDay, we remember how Helmut Kohl and François Mitterrand courageously dreamt of a better future of unity and peace almost 40 years ago. For France. For Germany. For Europe.
Now, it is our moment to answer the call of #history and stand up to defend Europe's values and future.
Ein Europa der Einheit und des Mutes.
Une Europe de la liberté et de la paix.
@EU_Commission A very important moment in history. The younger often fail to understand that 70 years of peace in Western Europe has never happened before, and this peace period is the direct consequence of the European treaties that formed what we call the EU today.
@EU_Commission kill yourself
@EU_Commission I remember that moment. I was 10 years old at the time, and I was living about an hour from Verdun. I didn't understand quite yet why it was a big deal, but I could feel that it was. Against all the rigid formal protocol for interactions between heads of state, that minute felt surprisingly human.
