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German Unity Day on October 3rd commemorates the reunification of Germany after the peaceful revolution in the GDR and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Since then, economic and social differences have continued to exist between the former eastern and western regions.
The Federal Government's Eastern Commissioner, Elisabeth Kaiser, has criticized the existing inequality between East and West and called for an East German Federal President. “I think the time is ripe for an East German head of state again,” Kaiser told the “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung” on the occasion of German Unity Day. “Why shouldn’t the next Federal President be a smart woman from East Germany?”
According to Kaiser, October 3rd is a moving day. He reminds us that living together in freedom and without borders is not a given. "For many East Germans, this was a time of great biographical upheaval and existential worries. These experiences continue to shape East Germans to this day," said Kaiser.
This is also why Kaiser is calling for more East German top personnel in politics: "When the leaders of the Federal Republic of Germany come together in Bremen on October 3rd for German Unity Day, it will once again be noticeable that none of them are currently from East Germany. The impression can quickly arise that the East Germans play no role in the leadership of our country and are just sitting at the table."
After a warning from the Berlin Left, the Saxon Interior Ministry deleted a post in which Interior Minister Armin Schuster (CDU) warned about the influence of criminal clans on politics. Schuster rejected the accusation that the article was intended to harm a competitor for party political reasons.

US President Donald Trump said a diesel export ban had never been seriously discussed and would not be imposed. The G7 nations had previously agreed to release 100 million barrels of crude oil and diesel from strategic reserves to respond to Trump's pressure to address falling fuel prices, which have risen because of the Iran war and pose a political problem ahead of the midterm elections.

The car lobby has expanded its contacts with right-wing extremist parties such as Patriots for Europe in order to achieve a relaxation of the ban on combustion engines in the EU. Stellantis, ACEA, Volkswagen and BMW confirmed meetings with PfE MEPs, while the EPP group is also seeking support from the right.
At its extraordinary digital federal party conference on November 8th, the FDP will examine an application that would enable cooperation with the AfD under certain conditions. While Joris Stietenroth from the Young Liberals of Lower Saxony and party leader Wolfgang Kubicki support the initiative, Karl Lauterbach and Peter Altmaier criticize the idea as morally and politically dangerous.

In Bremen, the three-day celebrations for German Unity Day began with the opening of the citizens' festival. Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Bundestag President Julia Klöckner and other politicians took part in the market square in front of the historic town hall. Klöckner emphasized that unity does not mean equality and that differences must be tolerated. More than 400,000 visitors are expected by Sunday.
Before the celebration of German Unity Day, hundreds gathered in Bremen city center at a demonstration registered by the 'Basic Group Antifascism Bremen' under the title 'No Peace with the Nation!'. According to a police spokesman, around 700 people took part, while the organizers expected around 1,000. The demonstration was accompanied by a large police presence and at times a helicopter through the city center and Neustadt. Individual Bengalos and firecrackers were lit, but there were no injuries. The organizers directed the demonstration against nationalism, militarization, anti-feminism and social cuts. In advance there were threats from the left-wing extremist scene, whereupon the police threatened to take consistent action in the event of disruptions or crimes.