Interior minister calls for revival of 1989-90 spirit to accomplish Energiewende in East Germany
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizi猫re has called for the revival of the 鈥渟pirit of the generation of 1989-90鈥� to tackle current challenges like the Energiewende or globalisation, Leipziger Volkszeitung reports. At an event celebrating the 25th anniversary of a resolution to restructure East Germany鈥檚 coal industry, de Maizi猫re said the 鈥渆ngineer鈥檚 spirit鈥� of the days of the peaceful revolution in the German Democratic Republic (DDR) that had brought down the communist regime was needed once again to solve today鈥檚 problems. 鈥淚f plan A wasn鈥檛 working, they just switched to plan B鈥�, said de Maizi猫re, describing the pragmatic and goal-oriented attitude at the time.
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