Merkel, Orban to mark Iron Curtain anniversary amid new divides

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will welcome German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the city of Sopron Monday to commemorate a pivotal moment in the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989. While Monday's meeting will see them celebrating the tearing down of a historic barrier in Europe, the question of how the continent's borders should be managed now has strained the relationship between the two leaders in recent years. Orban has been a sharp critic of Merkel's 2015 decision to open Germany's border to those fleeing Middle Eastern conflict zones.

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