Fergus Finlay: Powerful, presidential: Germany can only be loved by broken heart

Part of the job of democrats is always to warn, never to forget, writes Fergus Finlay

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, German Parliament President Wolfgang Schaeuble, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Brandenburg's state premier Dietmar Woidke and Andreas Vosskuhle, President of Germany's Constitutional Court attend a wreath laying ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two, at the Neue Wache Memorial in Berlin, Germany, May 8, 2020. (Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters via AP)