Merkel hails Hungary demo that led to Wall's fall | International | Reuters: "SOPRON, Hungary (Reuters) - Angela Merkel, Germany's first chancellor from former East Germany, on Wednesday praised Hungary for organizing an event 20 years ago that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of her country.
Merkel said Hungary's 1989 Pan-European Picnic, a peace demonstration near the Austrian border exploited by hundreds of East Germans to flee to the West, was risky but courageous."
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