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Daily News Daily News · 20/08/2016
· Culture

Pan-European Picnic 27th anniversary marked in Hungary

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Sopron, 2016. augusztus 19. Résztvevõk az 1989. augusztus 19-én megrendezett Páneurópai Piknikre és az azt követõ hirtelen határnyitásra, a keletnémet állampolgárok áttörésére emlékezõ ünnepségen a sopronpusztai Páneurópai Piknik Emlékparkban 2016. augusztus 19-én. Szemben balról Fodor Tamás, Sopron Fidesz-KDNP-s polgármestere (b2), Manfred Peter Emmes, a budapesti német nagykövetség elsõ tanácsosa (b3), Frank Spengeler, a Konrad Adenauer Alapítvány magyarországi képviseletének vezetõje (b4), Magas László, a Páneurópai Piknik egyik szervezõje, a Páneurópai Piknik ’89 Alapítvány elnöke (b5), Katharina Landgraf, a német parlament CDU-képviselõje (b6) és Firtl Mátyás, a KDNP országgyûlési képviselõje (b7). MTI Fotó: Krizsán Csaba

 

Budapest (MTI) – A commemoration was held near the Hungarian-Austrian border on Friday to mark the 27th anniversary of the Pan-European Picnic, a landmark event that paved the way for the fall of the Iron Curtain and the reunification of Germany.

Frank Spengler, the head of the Hungarian office of Germany’s Konrad Adenauer Foundation, said at the event held in Sopronpuszta that many people in Europe today feel that freedom and peace on the continent are under threat. This was the reason for the reintroduction of temporary border checks by many European Union member states, he added.

Spengler expressed hope that the EU can find a way to strengthen its external borders so that the internal checks can be lifted.

Photo: MTI

Photo: MTI

Photo: MTI

Source: MTI

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