Abstract
This paper examines the wide echo about the anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall in the French press through the analysis of more than hundred articles published around November 9th 2019 in the most relevant daily and weekly Papers according to the ranking of the ACPM. The contribution deals with several topics: the representation and interpretation of the historical event in France, the dealing with the GDR memory and the processes to overcome the past, the connection between the Fall of the Berlin Wall and Europe issues, the meaning of the event in relation with the east-west disparity in Germany and the ideological discussions about the end of History. More than the simple observation of an anniversary which stands apart from the previous ones, the study of the French press shows how polemical and ideological the Fall of the Berlin Wall remains in the French debates over Germany and Europe.