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Sarkozy broke Berlin wall
Updated On: 09 November, 2009 08:12 AM IST | | Agencies
The French President, who was then a 34-year-old lawmaker, recalls the historic day, on Facebook post
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The French President, who was then a 34-year-old lawmaker, recalls the historic day, on Facebook post
French President Nicolas Sarkozy witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, and joined German families using pickaxes to tear down the concrete slabs, he said in a post on his Facebook page.
Sarkozy, who was then a 34-year-old lawmaker in the lower chamber of Parliament, drove to Berlin on the morning of November 9 after hearing news from the German capital that suggested change was coming, he wrote in a post for about 1,77,000 supporters of his social networking web page.
He attached a photograph showing him in front of the Wall that night.
Using a pickaxe
"We decided to leave Paris with Alain Juppe (the former prime minister) to participate in the event that was going to happen," Sarkozy wrote.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, and joined German families using pickaxes to tear down the concrete slabs, he said in a post on his Facebook page.
Sarkozy, who was then a 34-year-old lawmaker in the lower chamber of Parliament, drove to Berlin on the morning of November 9 after hearing news from the German capital that suggested change was coming, he wrote in a post for about 1,77,000 supporters of his social networking web page.
He attached a photograph showing him in front of the Wall that night.
Using a pickaxe
"We decided to leave Paris with Alain Juppe (the former prime minister) to participate in the event that was going to happen," Sarkozy wrote.
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