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Before the event the boarder guards did not receive any order to not intervene, the standard order was to shoot anybody who wanted to cross to Austria. It was the boarder guards personal choice to not use their weapons. Look at any Hungarian source. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.101.86.175 (talk) 21:17, 16 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
"A political earthquake followed. [...] However, there remained orthodox hardliners who did not believe in democracy and human rights, but proclaimed the leading role of the communist party and thus their dictatorial regime. These regimes relied upon border controls to retain their dissident population, allowing citizens to travel to the "West" every three years and with only a small amount of cash. In Germany, this led to the Berlin Wall (1961-1989), which only pensioners could pass through. While these backward forces were predominant..." - the tone is not exactly encyclopaedic, is it? English usage here (and throughout the article) is also a little odd. Feketekave (talk) 13:17, 12 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
"The opening of the border gate between Austria and Hungary at the Pan-European Picnic set in motion a peaceful chain reaction, at the end of which there was the German reunification, the Iron Curtain fell apart and the Eastern Bloc had disintegrated. The communist governments and the Warsaw Pact subsequently dissolved, ending the Cold War. As a result, this also led to the disintegration of the Soviet Union." - The collapse of the Soviet Union and the events of 1989 were the result of factors that were complex and not always easy to ascertain. The way this section is written, an unfamiliar reader could easily come away with the idea that communism fell because of a single picnic. The sources cited here are journalistic pieces that shouldn't necessarily be used to explain change over time. This section should be researched to find better sources and re-written to emphasize the multi-faceted nature of the events of 1989.
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