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Policy of peace and German unification (1975–1992)
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Synopsis
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Robin Allers. Translated by the CVCE.
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North-South relations, Socialist International, unification of Germany
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SPECIAL FILES >> Willy Brandt and the unification of Europe >> Policy of peace and German unification (1975–1992)
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Peace policy and German unity (1975–1992)
Willy Brandt continued, even after his resignation as Chancellor on 6 May 1974, to play an active role in the international political arena, with a particular focus on Third World issues. He was elected President of the Socialist International (SI) in 1976, having already been its Vice-President since 1966. Brandt’s Presidency, which lasted until 1992, was a period of renewal for the SI, both organisationally and in the policies pursued. The organisation gained in effectiveness and opened itself to friendly parties in the Third World. At the request of the President of the World Bank, Robert McNamara, Brandt assumed a further task in 1977 as Chairman of an ‘Independent Commission on International Development Issues’, known as the ‘North-South Commission’. In early 1980, he was able to present to the United Nations Secretary-General the Commission’s Final Report, entitled ‘A Programme for Survival’. What became known as the Brandt Report was a major input to the debate on the challenges of dialogue with the Third World. It was followed three years later by a supplementary report, ‘Common Crisis’. But for Willy Brandt, European unification was one of the keys to global political cooperation and remained a central feature of his political action. Leading the SPD party-list in the first direct elections to the European Pa (...) Read more in ENA |
| See also |
Cartoon by Hanel on unemployment in the former GDR (1991)
European Parliament resolution on the conclusions of the Dublin European Council (17 May 1990)
European Parliament resolution on the situation in the GDR (12 October 1989)
Signing of the Treaty establishing a Monetary, Economic and Social Union between the two German states (Bonn, 18 May 1990)
'Joy leaves heartache in London and Paris' from The Guardian (4 October 1990)
Cartoon by Hanel on the 10_point programme for the reunification of Germany (1989)
Cartoon by Behrendt on German reunification (1990)
Commission statement on German unification (3 October 1990)
'Misplaced serenity as the Germanys leap into unknown' from The Guardian (29 June 1990)
Cartoon by Hanel on relations between the GDR and European Communities (1990)
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