Overview
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called the fall a reconquest of freedom and cited the law establishing the national Day of Freedom.
- Messages from Matteo Salvini, Ignazio La Russa, Lorenzo Fontana, Roberta Metsola and the EPP group emphasized liberty, democracy and a Europe built on unity.
- Accounts revisited the triggers of 9 November 1989, noting Günter Schabowski’s mistaken “immediately” announcement and Harald Jäger’s 22:45 decision to open Bornholmer Straße to avoid bloodshed.
- German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier framed 9 November as central to national identity and warned that parties hostile to the constitution risk potential bans.
- A new museum in Mödlareuth, the former “Little Berlin,” opened for the anniversary, displaying artifacts including an escape aircraft used to flee East Germany.