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Mulroney not surprised by Thatcher's opposition to united Germany

U.S. President Ronald Reagan, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney chat at a G7 leaders' summit on June 20, 1988.

T wenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the domino-effect that ended the Cold War, it's easy to forget that other European countries wanted to stop the two Germanys from uniting. For world leaders at the time, it was a palpable concern. Full Article at Globe and Mail

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  1. European Central Bank
  2. Margaret Thatcher Margaret Thatcher
  3. Helmut Kohl
  4. Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev
  5. Angela Merkel Angela Merkel
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