Catalogue question 211 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
Which politician is associated with the "Ostverträge" (Eastern Treaties)?
- Helmut Kohl
- Willy Brandt Correct
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- Ludwig Erhard
Why — for every option
- A — Helmut Kohl is above all associated with German reunification in 1990, not with the Eastern Treaties of the early 1970s.
- B — Correct: with his "Ostpolitik", Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt initiated the Eastern Treaties (including with the Soviet Union and Poland, 1970), which led to détente with the Eastern Bloc.
- C — Mikhail Gorbachev was the Soviet head of state and party who shaped the reform policies of glasnost and perestroika, not a German politician of the Eastern Treaties.
- D — Ludwig Erhard was known for the social market economy and the economic miracle, not for the Eastern Treaties.
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