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...should once again become the united fatherland of all the citizens of the German nation," he said. Modrow unveiled a four-step process for the gradual merger of the two Germanys' economies, legal systems and governments that closely paralleled the plan presented in December by West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, except on one critical point. Modrow unequivocally called for a neutral Germany, demanding that both states "detach themselves" from their respective military alliances...
...Kohl welcomed Modrow's proposal, but he dismissed any prospect of a West German withdrawal from NATO. Perhaps in an attempt to downplay Modrow and his pitch for neutrality, Kohl said he will not discuss unification with East Berlin until after East Germans go to the polls in mid-March. But unification has emerged as the primary campaign issue in both East Germany and West Germany, which will hold its national elections in December. Already Kohl and his fellow politicians are seeking out like-minded brethren on the other side of the border, funneling campaign money and building alliances that...
Fears of unrest were also sounded in Bonn, where authorities are worried about ferment within East Germany and the continuing tide of immigrants to the West, which is still running at about 2,000 a day. A top official of Chancellor Helmut Kohl's government, wary of calling too brazenly for unification, urged another formulation. East Berlin, he suggested, should declare that a federal state binding together the two Germanys is the goal of both countries. That, West German officials felt, might help reassure would-be immigrants and stanch the flow...
...Paris last week, West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said soothingly that "the Germans have no intention of provoking in the Europe of the future a discussion about frontiers" that would disrupt the Continent. But he again stopped short of saying Bonn has no territorial claims against Poland, insisting that he could not speak for both German states on the issue. With a national election in December, he apparently does not want to risk losing votes to the ultra-right-wing Republican Party...
...American, the biggest surprise is to hear Germans speak with fear of Germany. "Helmut Kohl said a united Germany is a capitalist Germany. But a capitalist Germany is a dangerous Germany for Europe," Reimund continues. "Because the power is so big that people in other countries say this country, this united Germany, is a danger for peace in Europe. Because the history in this country was capitalism. A big, powerful Germany is an aggressive capitalism...