Gorbachev's vision for a 'common European home'- archive, July 1989
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Forty years ago, Mikhail Gorbachev told his East European allies that each should be free to pursue its own path within the Warsaw Treaty - a declaration that would set the stage for revolutions and the crumbling of the Communist bloc
Soviet leader explains his vision for an undivided continent in the 21st century complete with free choice and economic reform
by Hella Pick in Strasbourg
7 July 1989