German reunification and geopolitical change in Europe
Address given by Willy Brandt on inter-German relations (16 September 1989)
TextOn 16 September 1989, two months before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Willy Brandt, Honorary Chairman of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), emphasises to the Congress of the Lower Saxony Section of the SPD the importance of the unification of Europe and comments on the role of a united Europe in helping to provide Germany with a future that is founded on a political order guaranteeing peace and security on the European continent.
Address given by Willy Brandt on the occasion of the fall of the Berlin Wall (Berlin, 10 November 1989)
TextOn 10 November 1989, the day after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Willy Brandt, former Mayor of Berlin and Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), delivers an address in the John F. Kennedy Platz in which he emphasises the historic dimension of the fall of the Wall and places the event in the context of European unification.
Address given by Willy Brandt on the occasion of the fall of the Berlin Wall (Berlin, 10 November 1989)
Audio extractOn 10 November 1989, the day after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Willy Brandt, former Mayor of Berlin and Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), delivers an address in the John F. Kennedy Platz in which he emphasises the historic dimension of the fall of the Wall and places the event in the context of European unification.
Address given by Willy Brandt at the Schöneberger Rathaus (Berlin, 10 November 1989)
ImageWilly Brandt in front of the Schöneberger Rathaus the day after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Address given by Willy Brandt to the Bundestag on the political changes in the GDR and in Eastern Europe (Bonn, 16 November 1989)
TextOn 16 November 1989, following the collapse of the Communist regimes in Eastern Europe and the fall of the Berlin Wall, Willy Brandt delivers to the Bundestag an address on the political changes in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). The former German Chancellor considers the future relations between the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the GDR and places the possible reunification of Germany in the wider context of European unification.
Address given by Willy Brandt to the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) Congress (Berlin, 18 December 1989)
TextOn 18 December 1989, at the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) Congress, Willy Brandt, Honorary Chairman of the SPD, analyses the situation in the two Germanys following the fall of the Berlin Wall and places the event in its historical context. In his address, the former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) calls for European unification and emphasises the European Community’s important role vis-à-vis the countries of Eastern Europe.
Address given by Willy Brandt to the Bundestag (Berlin, 20 December 1990)
TextOn 20 December 1990, at the Reichstag in Berlin, Willy Brandt gives the opening address at the first session of the Bundestag of the reunified Germany.
Address given by Willy Brandt on the new architecture of Europe (Luxembourg, 4 May 1992)
TextOn 4 May 1992, Willy Brandt, Honorary Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), considers the prospects for the deepening and widening of the European Union following the geopolitical changes that have taken place in Europe and attempts to outline the prospects for the unification of the continent.