FRG Flashcards
what does EEC stand for?
European Economic Community
When did the FRG become a sovereign state?
1955
What was Adenauer’s key aim?
Maintaining peace and freedom in the FRG
Who became Adenauer’s economic minister? What year?
Erhard, 1948
When did the FRG join NATO, and what does it stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and joined in 1955
Why was the OEEC created in 1948?
To administer the Marshall Plan
What does Wiedergutmachung mean?
Making good again
The presidential term reduced from 7 years to what?
7 to 5
What did refugees bring to the FRG?
Skills and they were well-educated
What countries were included in the WEU?
France, Britain, Benelux states later, FRG and Italy
What party first dominated the FRG?
Adenauer’s Christian Democratic Union Party (CDU).
What was the Warsaw Pact?
It was the defence alliance of the USSR and the countries of central and eastern Europe under Soviet regimes?
When was the Warsaw Pact signed?
1955
What did the EEC give the FRG a chance to do?
exert some influence
Article 48 was removed and replaced with what?
very limited powers in case of emergencies
What was the Magnet Theory?
to attract GDR migrants to boost economy and give them the upper hand in reunification negotiations.
What was a positive to no referendums being allowed in the FRG?
avoids division within the bundestag
How much had coal and steel exports increased to, after the FRG became members of the ECSC and the EEC?
44%
Most of the power in the government was held by the 2 chambers of the houses of parliament; making the presidential figure what?
symbollic
Why did people flee to the FRG?
The Magnet Theory
How many people fled to the FRG, as a result of this?
3 million
What were the aims of the EEC?
To provide opportunities for the FRG to exert political and social control
What was Basic Law?
An alternative to “constitution”, implying it is a temporary but necessary measure
When was the FRG established?
1949
who were allowed the established themselves when the FRG first was formed?
political parties
