The Wall will be standing in 50 and even in 100 years, if the reasons for it are not removed.
Meaning of the quote
The quote suggests that the Berlin Wall, which divided East and West Germany, will still be standing in 50 or even 100 years unless the issues that led to its creation are resolved. In other words, the wall won't disappear unless the underlying problems that caused it to be built in the first place are addressed and fixed. The politician is implying that the wall is a symptom of deeper political and social tensions, and simply tearing it down won't solve the root causes.
About Erich Honecker
Erich Honecker was a German communist leader who ruled East Germany from 1971 to 1989. He was known as a dictator and oversaw the construction of the Berlin Wall. Honecker’s political career began in the 1930s and he later became the General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. He was forced to resign in 1989 as the East German regime collapsed, and he later sought asylum in Chile where he died in 1994.
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