Un person walks on November 8, 2009 past a placard reading in French 'from peaceful revolution to united Germany' on the grills of the german embassy in Paris. France is staging a big celebration for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall to make amends for not fully sharing the euphoria of the event in 1989, the minister for Europe said. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago

Un person walks on November 8, 2009 past a placard reading in French 'from peaceful revolution to united Germany' on the grills of the german embassy in Paris. France is staging a big celebration for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall to make amends for not fully sharing the euphoria of the event in 1989, the minister for Europe said.

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