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| Germany amused by François Fillon brochure's cold war map | |
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| German media reacted with amusement after the French presidential frontrunner François Fillon published a map in a campaign brochure that showed a divided Germany, 26 years after reunification. | German media reacted with amusement after the French presidential frontrunner François Fillon published a map in a campaign brochure that showed a divided Germany, 26 years after reunification. |
| “Something is wrong,” noted news channel N24, while conservative daily Die Welt pointed out “the embarrassing error in François Fillon’s programme”. | “Something is wrong,” noted news channel N24, while conservative daily Die Welt pointed out “the embarrassing error in François Fillon’s programme”. |
| The Neue Presse saw a return to the cold war era and the days of the communist German Democratic Republic, writing that “in Fillon’s programme, the GDR still exists”. | The Neue Presse saw a return to the cold war era and the days of the communist German Democratic Republic, writing that “in Fillon’s programme, the GDR still exists”. |
| F. Fillon, Aspirant für 2017, läßt per Karte im Wahlprogramm die DDR aus Ruinen auferstehen. Voilà Le Parisien https://t.co/uBlyt2W3mm pic.twitter.com/Uo0HLJo1e8 | F. Fillon, Aspirant für 2017, läßt per Karte im Wahlprogramm die DDR aus Ruinen auferstehen. Voilà Le Parisien https://t.co/uBlyt2W3mm pic.twitter.com/Uo0HLJo1e8 |
| “That would make Putin happy,” tweeted Reto Knobel, in a social media reference also to Fillon’s position of a new rapprochement with Moscow. | “That would make Putin happy,” tweeted Reto Knobel, in a social media reference also to Fillon’s position of a new rapprochement with Moscow. |
| On page 59 of the policy booklet issued before next May’s election, a map of Europe shows a border splitting Germany into east and west as it did before reunification in 1990. | On page 59 of the policy booklet issued before next May’s election, a map of Europe shows a border splitting Germany into east and west as it did before reunification in 1990. |
| Fillon hopes to clinch the nomination for the Les Républicains party over the centrist Alain Juppé at the weekend. | Fillon hopes to clinch the nomination for the Les Républicains party over the centrist Alain Juppé at the weekend. |
| If he succeeds, he is likely to face the far-right leader, Marine Le Pen, in the knockout finals of next year’s election. | If he succeeds, he is likely to face the far-right leader, Marine Le Pen, in the knockout finals of next year’s election. |
| • This article was amended on 24 November 2016. An earlier version gave an incorrect date for Germany’s reunification. | • This article was amended on 24 November 2016. An earlier version gave an incorrect date for Germany’s reunification. |