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A Third Way
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- Wanted to preserve socialism by making it genuinely democratic and responsive to the needs of the people
- These reformers supported closer ties with W. Germany, but feared unification - Wanted E. Germany to preserve a distinct identity - These efforts failed |
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E. Germany was absorbed into W. Germany
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1) 9 million EG, poured across the border into WG when the Berlin wall fell and it aroused long-dormant hopes of unity among ordinary citizens
2) Helmut Kohl, WG's chancellor, exploited the historic opportunity on their doorstep. In Nov. 1989, Kohl presented a 10-point plan for a step-by-step unification - Kohl promised EG an immediate economic bonaza, a 1 for 1 exchange of all EG marks in savings accts. and pensions into much more valuable WG marks - Helped the Alliance for Germany |
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Alliance for Germany
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- A well financed conservative liberal
- Set up in EG - Closely tied to Kohl's WG Christian Democrats - In March 1990, the Alliance won almost 50% of the votes in an EG parliamentary election - The Alliance quickly negotiated an economic union on favorable terms w/ Kohl - Unification was successfully resolved in the Summer of 1990 |
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Unification
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- Resolved in the summer of 1990
- Would make Germany the strongest state in central Europe - Directly affect the security of the S.U. - July 1990, Kohl and Gorbachev signed an agreement to never develop nuclear, biological or chemical weapons - Germans promised enormous loans to the hard-pressed Soviet Union - October 1990, EG merged into WG, forming a single nation under the WG laws and constitution |
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The Paris Accord
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- Nov. 1990 delegates from 21 European countries joined the US and the SU in Paris and agreed to a scaling down of all their armed forces
- Solemnly affirmed that all existing borders in Europe, including unified Germany to new independent Baltic republics, were legal and valid - This was a peace treaty, bringing and end to WWII and the Cold War |
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Scap Nuclear Weapons
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- George HW Bush and the S.U. agreed to scrap a significant portion of their nuclear weapons
- The US also cancelled around-the-clock alert status for American bombers w/ atomic bombs - Gorbachev followed suit |
