Word: unificationism
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The accord ends the postwar rights of the World War II Allies in Germany and effectively marks the end of the cold war that began as soon as the defeat of Germany was completed. It puts the Big Four stamp of approval on the Oct. 3 unification of East and...
Like two lovers confronted by the practical realities of marriage, East and West Germany are having a bout of prenuptial nerves. Though the two countries will not formally tie the knot until Oct. 3 -- the earliest practicable date -- the euphoria of unification has given way to a summer of unemployment...
EUROPE AND THE SOVIET UNION. Partly because the European Community relies on oil for only 40% of its energy needs today, vs. 60% during the oil shock of 1973, most West European economies are on relatively solid ground. None are more robust than West Germany's, which is expected to...
Chancellor Helmut Kohl suffered a rare setback on the road to unity last week when he had to abandon plans to advance the first all-German elections from Dec. 2 to Oct. 14. Opponents charged that Kohl hoped that facing voters sooner rather than later would protect his Christian Democrats...
Moving the date, complained Oskar Lafontaine, the Social Democratic opposition's candidate for Chancellor, was a "deceptive maneuver." His party made it clear that it would block the two-thirds vote necessary to speed up elections. At that, the government dropped the plan. Although the Social Democrats support an early...