The European Community and East Germany
The European Community and East Germany
Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Erinnerungen
TextDer deutsche Außenminister Hans-Dietrich Genscher erinnert sich an die Diskussionen um die Form der Eingliederung der DDR in die Europäische Gemeinschaft.
"EG-Kommissar aus der DDR?" in Der Spiegel (30. Oktober 1989)
TextDas deutsche Nachrichtenmagazin Der Spiegel untersucht die Möglichkeiten, wie die Reformstaaten des Ostblocks, darunter die DDR, mit der Europäischen Gemeinschaft verbunden werden könnten.
Aide-mémoire der DDR an die EG-Präsidentschaft (16. November 1989)
TextAm 16. November 1989, in einem Aide-mémoire an die EG-Präsidentschaft, definiert die Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), die Entwicklung ihrer Beziehungen zur Europäischen Gemeinschaft.
‘Delors: the GDR, the thirteenth guest at the table' from L'Express (26 January 1990)
TextOn 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.
Cartoon by Hanel on relations between the GDR and European Communities (1990)
BildIn 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.
"Durch die Hintertür" in Der Spiegel (23. April 1990)
TextDas Nachrichtenmagazin Der Spiegel analysiert die Reaktionen der europäischen Partner auf einen Beitritt der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (DDR) zur Europäischen Gemeinschaft.
Study by the European Parliament on the impact of German unification on the European Community (May 1990)
TextIn 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.
European Parliament resolution on the implications of German unification for the EC (17 July 1990)
TextOn 17 July 1990, the European Parliament adopts a resolution which sets out the implications of German reunification for the European Community.
Transitional measures required for the integration of the former GDR into the EEC (Brussels, 4 December 1990)
TextOn 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).
Cartoon by Hanel on unemployment in the former GDR (1991)
Bild‘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.
Cartoon by Hanel on the arrival of the consumer society in the former GDR (1991)
BildIn 1991, the German cartoonist, Walter Hanel, illustrates the steamroller effect of Western consumer society on the former German Democratic Republic (GDR).
‘The difficulties involved in the integration of the former GDR into the Community’ from the Revue du Marché Commun et de l’Union Européenne (May 1993)
TextIn 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.
Rebuilding the economies of the former GDR Länder following reunification (1994)
BildIn 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.