On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989, the President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, and the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, welcomed this historic date, while stressing the need to ensure that its memory continues today.
Both recalled the importance for contemporary Europe of this event, described by Jean-Claude Juncker as the "start of a new chapter", "a decisive moment in European history" that "changed...