{"id":158428,"date":"2025-10-03T20:38:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T17:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/158428\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"cichanouskaja-europe-must-be-united-to-protect-democracy","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/158428\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja: Europe must be united to protect democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 3, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Europe must demonstrate the same unity as during the reunification of East and West Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Tsihanouskaya\/status\/1974021292090106281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">said<\/a> in a post on X, congratulating Germany on Unity Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was a turning point that reshaped the continent. Today, Europe must show the same unity to defend democracy against tyranny,\u201d the politician stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The German reunification went into effect on October 3, 1990, almost a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. The gradual process had several stages, including economic unification and the signing of the Two Plus Four Agreement, which confirmed Germany&#8217;s final borders and its full sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Germany celebrates October 3 as its National Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tihanovskaya-sandu-2-10-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tihanovskaya-sandu-2-10-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tihanovskaya-sandu-2-10-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tihanovskaya-sandu-2-10-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tihanovskaya-sandu-2-10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tihanovskaya-sandu-2-10.jpg 1127w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Cichano\u016dskaja meets with Macron<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 2, Pozirk. \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has thanked Emmanuel Macron for his consistent support of a democratic Belarus and solidarity with the Belarusian people, according to her press office. \u201cWe really appreciate that France continues to stand by our side in &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/158290\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 3, Pozirk. Europe must demonstrate the same unity as during the reunification of East and West Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja said in a post on X, congratulating Germany on Unity Day. \u201cIt was a turning point that reshaped the continent. Today, Europe must show the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-158428","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cichano\u016dskaja: Europe must be united to protect democracy | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 3, Pozirk. 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