Xinhua News Agency, Berlin, May 8 (Reporter Zhang Yuanren Ke) German President Steinmeier said in a speech on the 75th anniversary of the "European Victory Day" in World War II on the 8th, remembering that history has no end. He reminded the public to be alert to new forms of nationalism, and emphasized that Germany should unite European countries.
Steinmeier said that remembering that history has no end, it is shameful to deny history. He stated that on May 8, 1945, the Allied forces liberated Germany from the Nazi fascist rule, and today Germany must be ideologically liberated to resist "hatred, incitement, xenophobia, and contempt for democracy", these old evil ideas Today is being presented in a new form. Steinmeier condemned several recent far-right attacks in Germany and expressed condolences to the victims.
Steinmeier stressed that Germany should maintain unity with other European countries. He called on Europe to strengthen cooperation, especially in the face of the new crown epidemic situation to strengthen international cooperation.
On that day, officials such as Steinmeier, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and German Bundestag President Schaeuble presented wreaths at the Memorial of the Victims of War and Tyranny in the Federal Republic of Germany in the center of Berlin.
The German government previously planned to hold a rally of about 1,500 people in front of the German Bundestag to commemorate the 75th anniversary of "European Victory Day", but because of the new crown epidemic, it was changed to a small-scale commemorative event where government officials presented wreaths.