Catalogue question 173 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
The Federal Republic of Germany is a founding member of …
- the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
- the United Nations (UN). Correct
- the European Union (EU).
- the Warsaw Pact.
Why — for every option
- A — West Germany only joined NATO in 1955 — not a founding member (NATO was founded in 1949).
- B — West Germany only joined the United Nations in 1973, together with East Germany — not a founding member (the UN was founded in 1945).
- C — Correct: the Federal Republic of Germany was one of the six founding members of the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1957/58, from which the EU later emerged.
- D — The Warsaw Pact (1955) was the Eastern military alliance led by the Soviet Union; West Germany was a member of NATO, not the Warsaw Pact, and even East Germany only joined it after its founding.
Source: european-union.europa.eu
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