Word: ostpolitiking
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...Stalled Ostpolitik...
...Berlin stalemate is a serious setback for Willy Brandt and his bold Ostpolitik, which aims at overcoming Europe's division by accepting present political realities. Unless the Soviets soften their attitude on Berlin soon, internal political pressures may prevent the Chancellor from gaining ratification of the treaties he signed last year with Warsaw and Moscow. Indeed, he may not even dare submit them to the Bundestag for approval. Should that happen, Brandt's hopeful initiatives for peaceful relations with his Communist neighbors would only have made matters worse. The Soviets have made it clear that Bonn...
...Germany's East European refugee camp. Since the exodus began last week, more than 250 Germans have arrived from Poland-the vanguard of many more who are expected to make the trek by mid-1972. The refugees are the first tangible result of Chancellor Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik...
...that accepts the realities of World War II. It is very important that we, the Germans, come to terms with our neighbors, especially our eastern neighbors, who were the victims of criminal Nazi terror. The organizations of refugees from the former German territories always condemn Brandt's new Ostpolitik with such ominous terms as "treacherous." I ask only, "Is it treason to accept the realities...
...Brandt's Ostpolitik gives West Germany far greater leverage within the Common Market than it had before. The Western Europeans cannot afford to let West Germany slip its Western moorings and drift to the East; accordingly they are intensifying their efforts to tie Bonn more securely to the Western European structure. That is precisely what Brandt wants...