BBC (Have Your Say): Should Germans attend D-day events?
Germany's Gerhard Schroeder has accepted a French invitation to events marking the 60th annivesary of the D-Day landings … Is France right to invite Germans to the ceremonies? Sixty years on, is it time to move on and allow them to attend?
Isn't it time to forgive and forget? Aren't we all supposed to be part of Europe now? It's the 21st Century, for Pete's sake! Aren't we mature enough to forget our past differences? Of course the Germans should be invited—provided they promise not to hog all the deck chairs.
