Angela Merkel, commenting on the question of Crimean ownership, remembered the history of German unification.

Photo: Paul Zinken / dpa / Global Look "If I hear that we just need to recognize the Russian annexation of the Crimea, I argue as follows: what would have happened if to us in the GDR would have been the same attitude under the motto:" Germany is divided, then nothing to change, "- said the Chancellor in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeinen Sonntagszeitung, explaining why the question of belonging to the Crimea can not be frozen.

Merkel added that she considered very courageous the position of those people in the GDR who were ready to lead Germany to unite.

Even though she was born in Hamburg (West Germany), she grew up, got an education and started her political career in the GDR, where her parents moved several weeks after the birth of her daughter.

In July, the leader of the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP), Christian Lindner, suggested that the EU accept the new status of the Crimea and instead of constantly increasing pressure, move to building relations with Moscow.

Later, Merkel's opponent in the election race, SPD leader Martin Schultz also expressed the opinion that, whether Europe wants to or not, but with the fact that Crimea is the territory of Russia, it is necessary to reckon.