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german reuification, Social impact, Economic impact, Political impact -…
german reuification
helmut kohl
made agreements with east germany early on
legal framework for unification
currency union
ten point plan
agreements with the UN, EU and nato
opening of the brandenburg gate
miracle of moscow
events in the USSR + gorbachev
gorbachev's reforms made it less likely that USSR would get involved
gorbachev supported unification later on
glasnost
abandons brezhnev doctrine
people power / failures of GDR
almost bankrupt and being held up by west german loans
mass exodus of people through other eastern nations
1989 protest at the berlin wall
accidental opening of berlin wall
willy brandt
supported reunification bills in the bundestag
changes image of west germany
Social impact
legal disputes over property rights returning to pre division owners
investigations into stasi members parallel the denazification period
loss of identity and conflicts between easterners and westerns
Economic impact
underestimated the cost of reunification
pushed germany into deficit
solidarity tax 7.5% for west germany
economic decline in the east post unification
1:1 conversion rate was economically damaging
Political impact
expectations of the european and world role to be played by the new germany