Der deutsche Außenminister Hans-Dietrich Genscher erinnert sich an die Diskussionen um die Form der Eingliederung der DDR in die Europäische Gemeinschaft.

Das deutsche Nachrichtenmagazin Der Spiegel untersucht die Möglichkeiten, wie die Reformstaaten des Ostblocks, darunter die DDR, mit der Europäischen Gemeinschaft verbunden werden könnten.

Am 16. November 1989, in einem Aide-mémoire an die EG-Präsidentschaft, definiert die Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), die Entwicklung ihrer Beziehungen zur Europäischen Gemeinschaft.

On 26 January 1990, the French weekly magazine L'Express analyses the points made by Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission, who is calling for the GDR to become the 13th member of the European Communities.

In 1990, the German cartoonist, Walter Hanel, ponders over the possible accession of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) as the 13th Member State of the European Communities.

Das Nachrichtenmagazin Der Spiegel analysiert die Reaktionen der europäischen Partner auf einen Beitritt der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (DDR) zur Europäischen Gemeinschaft.

In May 1990, the European Parliament’s Directorate-General for Research draws up a working document which analyses the impact of German reunification on the European Community.

On 17 July 1990, the European Parliament adopts a resolution which sets out the implications of German reunification for the European Community.

On 4 December 1990, the Council of the European Communities draws up a list of transitional measures required for the integration of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) into the European Economic Community (EEC).

‘Time bomb.' In 1991, the German cartoonist, Walter Hanel, portrays the high level of unemployment in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) as a threat to social cohesion in the reunified Germany.

In 1991, the German cartoonist, Walter Hanel, illustrates the steamroller effect of Western consumer society on the former German Democratic Republic (GDR).

In May 1993, in an article for the monthly legal journal Revue du Marché Commun et de l’Union Européenne, Franz Eppe, Adviser at the Commission of the European Communities, gives an account of the stages of the integration of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) into the Communities.

In 1994, the Federal German Government invests heavily in modernising the economies of the former GDR Länder, as shown on this sign outside an industrial site in Saxony-Anhalt.