Two remarkable events took place, the NATO summit and the Helsinki Summit between U.S. President Trump and Russian President Putin. As much as this day can fill us with pride, equally so, it reminds us of an obligation we own. (Stephan-Andreas Casdorff)Call for a united EuropeSeventy-four years ago today, on July 20th, Operation Valkyrie, an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, failed. If Claus von Stauffenberg's assassination had succeeded and Hitler had been killed, Germany's dictatorship would have ended in 1944. Other resistance groups such as the White Rose also dreamt of a united Europe – they believed correctly that peace can only exist in a united Europe.

Source: Der Tagesspiegel July 21, 2018 13:33 UTC