🇪🇺 13 AUGUST — MAKE IT AN EU DAY AGAINST SOCIALISM On 13 August 1961, the socialist dictatorship of East Germany began erecting the Berlin Wall. Why was the Wall built? Because people were fleeing socialism. That is the lesson Europe must stop watering down. Socialism built https://t.co/84VeBFHtR8 #EUday #StopSocialism #BerlinWall #EU #DE #BE
Tourists looking over the Berlin Wall into East Berlin at Bernauer Straße, 1985. https://t.co/tkRsZNffJv #BerlinWall #History #Travel
#EUPresidency: During my 44 years @dfatirl, I was involved in six EU Presidencies beginning in 1979. The most consequential one was in 1990 when the fall of the Berlin Wall brought dramatic geopolitical changes into play. Ireland had a key role in securing EU buy-in for German #EUPresidency #BerlinWall #Geopolitics #IE #DE
