ADVERTISEMENT“The old demons are rising again, ready to complete their task of chaos and of death,” Macron said. “I only hope the soldiers who died for this cause are looking down upon the world today,” American soldier Capt. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was positioned in pride of place between Trump and Macron, an eloquent symbol of victors and vanquished now standing together, shoulder to shoulder. Even though Germany was at the heart of provoking two world wars over the past century, the nation has become a beacon of European and international cooperation since. On Sunday, Merkel met with the head of the United Nations, an organization born from the ashes of World War II, and the president of Serbia.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 11, 2018 14:37 UTC