On 19 February 1990, Austrian cartoonist Ironimus (Gustav Peichl) illustrates how Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl intends to quiet the concerns of the four powers (Soviet Union, United States, United Kingdom and France) by affirming that German and European unity are two sides of the same coin. Reunification is not merely a domestic German issue. Chancellor Kohl has an essential role to play at international level to secure the agreement of the four Allied powers of the Second World War and to calm the fears of neighbouring countries.