A little band this meant that it citizen and saddam didnt have the opportunity. To go to that end to their own personal boundaries to get a sense of what the individual could really do what they were capable of what our own capacity was unheard of and where it was in a state that set boundaries to our individual freedom of singers and capacity and where it was our own lack of ability to view and this is why it was sometimes comfortable to blame everything on the state when something didnt work out rather than thinking about our own mistakes and. This date. Was to blame for our own deficiencies and thinking this way in east germany was a trap even then but i found myself sometimes with the hate all this way and this is why its so important to think long and hard about what the relationship between a citizen and the state is today under the conditions of freedom and the rule of law that he thought of that as a whole because what i notice is that i still see people throughout germany. First and foremost blaming the state and the elite for the problems that they encounter in their lives to go they see the state as a synonym for elitist thinking that would be elitist in the worlds of politics media and business that you cannot believe anything and that in that stopping the individual from unfolding a potential now if we continue this this would lead to misery. Thank the ones off i heard later democrat because. State based on democracy and the rule of law is made up of every one of us and individual freedom cannot be had without individual responsibility freedom is always freedom with responsibility. Why it is fun for them to return and it is the responsibility of the individual for the decisions they take responsibilities for the small and final decisions that they take in their lives responsibility for looking at your own boundaries and coming to terms with the situation when things you dont carry out the way you would hope without blaming others for your disappointment blaming the state the socalled elite for the citizens of east germany in 1990 the situation was that we wanted our liberty. And we got our responsibility in 1900 could only imagine that taking responsibility for our lives. Is the effort involved in having liberty to a certain extent so the effort responsibility is in a sense this is maturity that thomas mann was talking about it is the key of democracy and this is true for every one of us in this country naturally policy makers must combine liberty and responsibility and make it possible for the individual to live this way and this is about practical policy making and not in ivory day life when our unified germany is in a very different situation today than it was in 1900 in many cases eastern and western and Living Conditions have come closer but theres still a difference particularly between eastern and western federal states but also between noise then and southern parts of germany and maryland urban areas and more and more people are migrate same into cities where small rural areas have to deal with the graying of their populations and shrinking cities wheres housing is very expensive in the bigger cities in the morning more traffic but lives are disappearing out of some of the remote village essentially rural areas theres no fast paced and fast internet there its hard to find work in the rural areas and many people feel theyve been left by the wayside there it is there for the job of policymakers to ensure that their representatives make it possible for their citizens to live in freedom Regional Diversity and solidarity between the federal states is crucial here from the coast guard to structural changes in the lignite regions and the equalization of financing among independent federal states and the National Government this is its about having a good opportunities to harness your potential having enough health care for. Indignant and ensuring that there is Broadband Internet across the country wonder if you policymakers manage to make it possible for people to live their lives as they want to people will identify with their own region feel responsible for taking care of it and then also be prepared to get involved are small and commitment to improving. The area where you live it is something that gives you a sense of self confidence and also faith in democracy and its ability to about only hear good but the opposite is also true of. All of us i was among with him out the commitment of all of you but democrats without sin and the willingness of the individual to take on responsibility democracy is due to me much and we must never. Have not support no matter how disappointed we are. On the road they can get a hold farther your own you know especially because we are frustrated you will that we exclude people because of gender race sexuality. Or even to attack this has never happened thank you i live in the good the more cartesian we have to have a lively democracy a vital democracy what is necessary. If the major issues of day are ones that we only debate in our echo chambers where we only confirm what we already believe if one perceived truth. Trumps some sad facts this can only be to my detriment. That we currently are kind of talking then we would not be able to find Sustainable Solutions to the challenges they face. Yes in the next decade in a world in which digitize ation covers all areas of life in which lawyers and terrorism have led to you know people being driven out of their homes and fleeing their homes and Climate Change and. The danger for all of us no single country can overcome the challenges facing us more than ever before we need to think multilateral not unilaterally globally not nationally is open in search of the world not isolationist thought is the way forward. Together and. Thank you but it was not also for the major challenges facing us today i think that we need to discuss openly in a lively controversial way. They have to be rules of play it here too in this discussion and these are set out and i was a stickler for 17 years now this constitution has been there for a while and i get this german democratic republic joined this constitution to govern the area of 29 years ago so yes to discussion yes to start to talk to man and made on policy makers and the social market 9th in fall of month no to intolerance no to exit lucian no to hatred and anti semitism and no 2 living at the expense of minorities and the vulnerable. Thanks its been going on border and energy as the citizens in a democracy all of us have a responsibility to ensure that freedom rule of law democracy and openness to the world are things that need to be maintained part of our responsibility is that no one who has public responsibility. Not volunteers not politicians should have to fear for their lives thank you mustnt 1st we need to understand that personal right to freedom not the rule of law and the social market economies are intrinsically linked to eliminate the fun and far out democracy if you question one element you question all of it ought to live if you want to i dont think play off the state and your personal liberty you are questioning democracy and you are acting against democracy thank you could need to come from nor would we will only be able to shape our futures successfully if the respectfully about our fears and you know worries and the future if we bear in mind what everyone can consciously call their experience if we struggle to get a 1st edition and what that means is if we are prepared to enter into compromises with one another because it is wrong to see a compromise as betrayal. For give this on get once in a compromise we look at where the Common Ground is what things we can build on it without compromise we cannot have any commonalities and thats exactly what its about today i mean the things we share unity and love and freedom in our country if we know about this then we can bring both together the revolution from 1809 and see this as a fortunate historical. Moment in our history at the same time recognizing our different experiences with all of the loss of certainties of life that accompanies this change because we need to ensure that both have space and memory of our nation and these experiences must be seen. I dont know whats months understood id like to quote thomas mom again in my friend as he also said to me being imaginative does not mean inventing something of you but rather it means caring about matters finished it or that the answer me name what that means is we are in the let us perceive one another lets you listen to one another let us really see one another on learn from our experiences lets build on these experiences let us in the create something imaginatively in the best sense of the word our future moving forward therefore that i celebrate the day of german unity today with a colorful ceremony a big lad about the diversity thank you thank you. Thank you thank you german chancellor Angela Merkel giving her keynote address on the day of german reunification. She is the president jimmy carter steinmeyer and some 700. 00 invited guests. Was the address we should be glad of the diversity of we have in the country. Case relisting now to music coming out from kill Party Official ceremonies following shasta mackerels address on general and if occasion take a listen to something a bit strings. Fun of robert schumann. With me in the studio is our senior Political Correspondent peter cave in. Peter listened to watch a chance to mack i have to say it was a very sober and thoughtful speech not the euphoria we associate with this day 29 years ago. She talked about. The fissures process of german your vision if occasion is over 3 decades on unity still has a way to go what did you make of the remarks i thought it was fascinating or was it was the liberal political doctrine according to angle americans shes not going yet shes not got much time to serve in her 4th term now this long period that shes had in office and it is being characterized by compromise by values and by rules about playing the game fairly about listening to others about accommodating the needs of the of others about the liberal values of sharing and caring of pluralism in society the rule of law and she contrast it all of that taking it is beginning in this recent instance in the last 3 decades with the peaceful revolution in the spirit of freedom in eastern germany people courageously standing up and contrasted that. With made a dramatic our question contrasted with what she called trump facts talking about had the need for sustainability in Climate Change and how central lot is the need for multilateralism and the need time and time again to play by the rules to be fair and humane with each other and going back to this idea of freedom that east germany is one for each other by courageously standing up 30 years ago. She talked a lot about freedom but also about the responsibilities that one has which come with freedom and it seemed to me that a lot of for remarks were directed at eastern germans and the discontent she eluded to that is how this will be this will be read im sure there will be. Part of the message was quite simply dont mow do your own bit freedom means taking your
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