FRG Foreign Policy

Question 1

what were the main economic and political conditions which undermined the FRG economy?

Answer 1

Occupation Statute 1949
International Ruhr Authority

Question 2

Occupation Statute 1949

Answer 2

gave the occupying allied forces complete control over the FRG’s trade

Question 3

impact of Statute

Answer 3

prevented any economic freedom or development in foreign trade in the early years

the FRG could not control it’s economic foreign policy

Question 4

International Ruhr Treaty

Answer 4

gave France and Belgium the right to control the distribution of the Ruhr’s resources which included coal and steel

Question 5

impact of Ruhr Treaty

Answer 5

the FRG had no control over the economic output of the Ruhr

could not trade the steel and coal which the Ruhr had to offer (something previous governments also took advantage of)

Question 6

when was the St Petersberg agreement?

Answer 6

November 1949

Question 7

what was the outcome of the St Petersberg agreement?

Answer 7

first step to sovereignty
- FRG could join the European Council
- FRG could now hold foreign relations

Question 8

when did the FRG join the ECSC?

Answer 8

1951
was one of six founding members

Question 9

what was significant about the ECSC for the FRG?

Answer 9

they were seen for the first time as equal partners

laid the basis for improved Franco-German relations

Question 10

what was the role of the ECSC?

Answer 10

controlled the trade of coal and steel between member states

controlled prices and subsidies with regards to coal and steel

Question 11

when was the Treaty of Rome signed?

Answer 11

March 1957

Question 12

what was the main outcome of the Treaty of Rome?

Answer 12

the setting up of the EEC
European Economic Community

Question 13

what was the role of the EEC?

Answer 13

to act as a customs union between the member states to allow for easier trade and price control in industry

A COMMON MARKET

Question 14

by 1965 how much of FRG agricultural produce came from the ECC?

Answer 14

85%

Question 15

when did the FRG join the IMF?

Answer 15

1952

Question 16

what was the role of the IMF?

Answer 16

to control exchange rates and to prevent financial imbalance

Question 17

when were the Paris Treaties?

Answer 17

October 1954

Question 18

what were the main outcomes of the Paris Treaties?

Answer 18

German sovereignty
West European Union
NATO
Saar

Question 19

when did the FRG become a fully sovereign state?

Answer 19

May 1955

end of Operation Statute

Question 20

what conditions did the Allies leave with Germany’s sovereignty?

Answer 20

allied troops were to remain in Germany for stabilisation

West Berlin would remain under allied control

Question 21

what was the WEU?

Answer 21

Western European Union

defensive pact between Western European nations

Question 22

what did membership of the WEU allow the FRG to do?

Answer 22

allowed it to set up it’s own armed forces

Question 23

when did the FRG join NATO?

Answer 23

1955

Question 24

when was the Saar returned to the FRG?

Answer 24

1957

Question 25

what was the result of the Saar plebiscite in 1955?

Answer 25

67.7% voted against autonomous status

showed that the population wanted to unite with the FRG

Question 26

concl on FRG FP

Answer 26

within 10 years the FRG had:
- become fully integrated the the European defence system
- guaranteed political freedom
- was on equal terms with the rest of the European community

Question 27

who was responsible for the transformation of the FRG with FP?

Answer 27

ADENAUER
was Foreign Minister up until 1955

was a major success of his tenure as chancellor

European integration was arguably his biggest success

Question 28

what aspect of European integration was heavily criticised in the Bundestag?

Answer 28

rearmament was heavily criticised

shift to the West limited the possibility of reunification