Gordon Brown, Nicolas Sarkozy e Angela Merkel

(Epa/Rainer Jensen)

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel chat in the rain in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, 09 November 2009. International leaders were congregating in Berlin on 09 November 2009, 20 years to the day after the fall of the Berlin Wall augured the end of Europe’s East-West divide. On 09 November 1989, travel restrictions for East German citizens were unexpectedly lifted, prompting a rush of thousands of Berliners to the barrier, where they were allowed to cross.