BERLIN : Unity Pace Picks Up
The West German Bundestag and the East German Volkskammer meet in their respective capitals Wednesday to consider East German Prime Minister Lothar de Maiziere’s proposal to move up pan-German elections to Oct. 14 from the currently scheduled Dec. 2.
Approval could effectively advance the date of German reunification, although it is still unclear whether the four wartime powers--the United States, the Soviet Union, England and France--could settle such still-sensitive issues as conditions for a united Germany’s NATO membership that fast.
Meanwhile, about 50,000 Berliners are expected to mark the 29th anniversary of the building of the now-defunct Wall on Monday at the first Rolling Stones concert in East Europe.
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