On 13 October 1967, Willy Brandt, Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany, outlines to the Bundestag the three pillars of the Government’s European policy: Ostpolitik, the enlargement and consolidation of the European Communities, and relations between the Community and the United States.

On 3 September 1970, Willy Brandt, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), explains why the Ostpolitik pursued by the Federal Government is an essential element in cooperation between the countries of Western Europe.

Willy Brandt, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), in Warsaw for the signing of the Treaty of Warsaw on 7 December 1970, kneels before the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial. His action symbolises an acknowledgment of the past and the desire for reconciliation embodied in the new Ostpolitik adopted by the Federal Government.

In his memoirs, the former German Chancellor, Willy Brandt, describes the first steps of Ostpolitik and recalls the reactions of Western countries to the West German foreign policy.

In November 1971, in an interview granted to the monthly journal 30 Jours d’Europe, Katharina Focke, State Secretary in the Chancellor’s Office responsible for the coordination of European policy, outlines the objectives of the Ostpolitik implemented by the Government of the FRG and links this policy to cooperation with the countries of Western Europe.

Willy Brandt, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), and his Foreign Minister, Walter Scheel, at a press conference on the occasion of the renewal of the government coalition following the parliamentary elections held on 19 November 1972.

On 12 June 1973, during the consultation meeting between France and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), the German Chancellor, Willy Brandt, emphasises to the French President, Georges Pompidou, the importance of Germany’s European policy and, in particular, of the Ostpolitik for the future of his country.

Willy Brandt, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from 1969 to 1974, and Egon Bahr, State Secretary and Minister in the Chancellery from 1969 to 1974.