Visitors hear a speech of Gregor Gysi of the Left Party Die Linke during a rally for the upcoming European Parliament elections in Dresden, Germany, April 24, 2019. Picture taken April 24, 2019. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel
DRESDEN, Germany (Reuters) - Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Bodo Ramelow, premier of the eastern state of Thuringia, thinks it might be time for a new national anthem for a reunited Germany.
The proposal is radical, but with most of the former East Germany voting in regional elections this year that will test Chancellor Angela Merkel's fractious coalition, the eastern Germans' feelings are uppermost in many politicians' minds.
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