Germany may be one country but it is living with two souls

Eastern Germans vote, think, and feel differently than western Germans, as the results of regional elections make clear. To help tackle the underlying economic causes of this divide, the federal government should encourage foreign investment in the east, writes Dalia Marin.

This November, Germany will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. But the country is in a gloomy mood, and cheers will be few and far between — especially in the east.