Economic parity remains German dream

Major feature commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on the 9 November 1989 looks at the project to unite former eastern and western parts of Germany and asks whether it has worked. The feature ends: '
The past 20 years have brought about a realisation that full economic convergence would not happen in the foreseeable future. The real challenge for the new government will be to prevent east and west from growing even further apart'.

ESO: Background information: Gulf divides children of German unification http://www.europeansources.info/record/gulf-divides-children-of-german-unification/

ESO: Background information: Paris feared new Germany after reunification http://www.europeansources.info/record/paris-feared-new-germany-after-reunification/

Deutsche Welle: German reunification http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,12302,00.html

Spiegel Online International: Twenty Years after the Wall http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/

European Commission: 1989-2009: Europe, whole and free http://www.europa1989-2009.eu/

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