FOREIGN POLICY AFTER ADENAUER Flashcards
How did Chancellor Kiesinger change the foreign policy of the FRG after 1966?
Adopted the policy of Ostpolitik (building friendly relations with the east)
What evidence was there that Chancellor Brandt was committed to the policy of Ostpolitik?
- March 1970: Brandt visited the GDR.
- August 1970: Brandt signed a Non-Aggression Pact with the USSR, which put the option of unification on the table once again.
- December 1972: A Basic Treaty with the GDR was signed, which allowed visits across the borders of the two nations.
What was Chancellor Kohl working towards in the 1980s?
Kohl promised continuity with previous FRG governments with the aim of bringing about stability in the FRG.
Describe the events in Germany in 1989.
• In 1989, eastern European countries began to open their borders. On January 1, 1989, the GDR relaxed its travel restrictions. By September, 161,000 East Germans had applied to emigrate. People demonstrated for the borders between the FRG and GDR to open, and they were on November 9, 1989. People flooded through the Berlin Wall checkpoints, beginning the era of a united Germany.
