德国统一36周年：不来梅举行官方庆典 施泰因迈尔警告「魏玛式」分裂风险
2026年10月3日，德国庆祝统一36周年，官方庆典在联邦参议院轮值主席州不来梅举行，主题为「众多力量——一个国家」。据路透社与阿塞拜疆新闻社等当日报道，为期三天的庆祝预计吸引多达45万名访客、约800场活动，联邦总统施泰因迈尔、总理默茨与联邦议院议长克勒克纳出席官方仪式，不来梅市政厅前举行了主要庆典，现场还展示了17米长的阿里亚娜火箭复制品，象征该市的工业贡献。默茨在 X 上发文说，德国统一展示了勇敢的人民能成就什么，「我们让国家团结在一起，守护自由」。
节日的气氛之外，总统施泰因迈尔（Frank-Walter Steinmeier）在统一周年演讲中发出严厉警告。据路透社10月3日报道，他说，由反民主极端分子散布的大量虚假信息，正使德国面临滑回二战前魏玛共和国式分裂的风险。他谴责极端势力的「不可容忍的政治煽动」威胁自由、民主与国家团结，并呼吁德国比以往任何时候都更需要深思熟虑、连贯而坚定的政府政策。
警告的背景是9月的州选举：极右翼选择党在萨克森-安哈尔特与梅克伦堡-前波美拉尼亚两个东部州得票第一，极左翼的左翼党则赢下柏林，默茨的基督教民主联盟在东部遭遇历史性惨败。选择党已连续一年多在全国民调中领先，并拒绝「极右」的标签。
美国国务卿鲁比奥同日发表祝贺声明，称1990年德国和平统一是重大成就，并肯定德国的防务投入。分析认为，统一36周年之际，东西部之间的政治鸿沟、生活水平焦虑与制造业受中国竞争挤压，正成为德国社会的主要议题，官方庆典的主题「众多力量——一个国家」也因此被赋予了新的现实意味。
Germany Marks 36 Years of Unity in Bremen as Steinmeier Warns of Weimar-Style Divisions
Germany marked the 36th anniversary of reunification on October 3, 2026, with official celebrations in Bremen, the state holding the Bundesrat presidency, under the motto 'Many strengths – one country.' Reuters and other outlets reported three days of events, around 800 activities and up to 450,000 expected visitors. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Bundestag President Julia Klöckner attended the ceremonies in front of Bremen's town hall, where a 17-metre replica of an Ariane rocket symbolised the city's industrial contribution. Merz posted that German unity shows what courageous people can achieve, and that Germany must stay together and protect its freedom.
Beyond the festivities, President Steinmeier used his reunification anniversary speech to issue a stark warning. Reuters reported on October 3 that he said a flood of disinformation spread by anti-democratic extremists risked pushing Germany back into the divisions of the pre-World War Two Weimar Republic. He denounced the intolerable political demagoguery of extremist forces threatening freedom, democracy and national unity, and said Germany needed well-considered, consistent and steadfast government policy more urgently than ever.
The warning followed September state elections in which the far-right Alternative for Germany took the largest vote share in Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, The Left won Berlin, and Merz's Christian Democrats suffered their worst defeat in the east. The AfD has led national opinion polls for more than a year and rejects the far-right label.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a congratulatory statement calling the 1990 peaceful reunification a momentous achievement and noting Germany's defence investments. Analysts say the east-west political divide, anxiety over living standards and manufacturing squeezed by Chinese competition framed this year's Unity Day, lending the motto 'Many strengths – one country' a sharper contemporary edge.
图片来源：不来梅市政厅前的罗兰骑士雕像。摄影：Dietmar Rabich，CC BY-SA 4.0，来源：Wikimedia Commons
