Catalogue question 228 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
What is East Germany's accession to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1990 generally called?
- NATO's eastward enlargement
- the EU's eastward enlargement
- German Reunification Correct
- European Community
Why — for every option
- A — NATO's eastward enlargement refers to the later accession of Eastern European states to NATO from the 1990s/2000s onward, not East Germany's accession to the Federal Republic.
- B — The EU's eastward enlargement (mainly 2004) refers to the accession of Central and Eastern European states to the EU, a different historical event.
- C — Correct: East Germany's accession to the Federal Republic on 3 October 1990 is called "German Reunification".
- D — "European Community" was the predecessor organisation of the EU, not a term for German reunification.
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