On 20 September, the Bundestag and the House of the people approve of the Unification Treaty, signed in East Berlin on August 31 September. October 1, Germany, who left the Warsaw Pact, became fully sovereign. The quadripartite Allied powers on Berlin are suspended as of October 3. That same day, October 3 at midnight, the German anthem sounded while the German flag was raised in front of the Reichstag in Berlin and The entire Europe celebrates the German reunification and within the EPP is also celebrating the event.

Celebration of the German reunification by the EPP Group: extracts from the speeches by Egon KLEPSCH, President of the EPP Group and Wilfried MARTENS, Prime Minister of Belgium

Title: Celebration of the German reunification by the EPP Group: extracts from the speeches by Egon KLEPSCH, President of the EPP Group and Wilfried MARTENS, Prime Minister of Belgium (Brussels, 03/10/1990)

SOUNDBITE (German), Egon Alfred KLEPSCH, MEP, GE, President of the EPP Group, "Now let's look back a few decades. We remember the victims of this very difficult situation. We remember the people who died in concentration camps, prisons or behind barbed wire in the wall. We know they have suffered from the situation, not only German but also the GDR people in the rest of Central and Eastern Europe."

SOUNDBITE (German), Egon Alfred KLEPSCH, MEP, GE, President of the EPP Group, "Suddenly we found ourselves in this situation that there was a possibility of freedom for the territories of the former Republic of Germany. And suddenly we were facing something very complex. What exactly is a united Germany? The European Community is an identity that remained intact while growing up. I think I have to say that the solidarity of the community was demonstrated in this incredible extension. Mr Delors, President of the Commission acknowledges from the start that what we have to do is to show our solidarity and we thank him for that."

SOUNDBITE (French), Wilfried MARTENS, Prime Minister of Belgium , "Since Nov. 9, 1989 Germany returns to itself at the same time that Europe finds a whole. The unification of the two German states process appears in fact as a prototype of opening new perspectives to the coexistence of all European nations. On one hand, this unification of two Germanies is now the engine of rapprochement between the two Europes. On the other hand, it is the catalyst for the integration of the twelve member states of the European community."

SOUNDBITE (French), Wilfried MARTENS, Prime Minister of Belgium, "And if, against the skeptical and timid, the normal fate of the German people is accomplished more quickly than we had thought, and the common future of European peoples will also more quickly than the believes." (Applauses)

Celebration of the German reunification by the EPP Group: extracts from the speeches by Egon KLEPSCH, President of the EPP Group and Wilfried MARTENS, Prime Minister of Belgium

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