Paris feared new Germany after reunification

Article reports that secret British government documents published on the 11 September 2009 reveal that François Mitterrand privately warned Margaret Thatcher in 1989 that a reunited Germany might 'make even more ground than had Hitler'.

United Kingdom: Foreign and Commonwealth Office: News, 11.9.09: Britain and German unification 1989-90 - the untold story http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121212135632/http://fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=news&id=20834572

Spiegel Online International, 11.9.09: The Iron Lady's Views on German Reunif http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,648364,00.html

EurActiv, 9.11.09: Jouyet: Berlin Wall collapse strained Franco-German relations http://www.euractiv.com/enlargement/jouyet-berlin-wall-collapse-stra-news-223002

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