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Impact of reunification essay plan
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A-Level History Mind Map on Impact of reunification essay plan, created by Joel Towner on 19/05/2016.
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Impact of reunification essay plan
Expectation of reunificaiton
Instant prosperity, a strong economy Kohl promised this to raise support
Cohesion and integration
They wanted to be accepted by the Western Lander
Commitment to democarcy
Both East-West were committed to democracy
Old GDR citizens wanted democracy and not socialist reform by 1991
International approval
Germans needed approval from other countries such as the USA, France and UK
UK and France eventually persuaded, though they knew unification was imminent
Success/Failure
Success
Politics- large scale support for democratic party
Youth and retraining schemes
Deal with unskilled workers
Investment in the East
Failure
Widespread unemployment
Lack of investment
Yugoslav crisis 1989
Criticised for being aggressive
Gulf War 1990
Did not understand their political position
Nostalgia (Ostalgie) for old securities of communist system
Wouldn't exist if unification had given them everything they wanted
Lack of job security
Competition for jobs
Economy
Success
Investment into East
12 Billion into infrastructure and housing
Youth retraining opportunities
Failure
Unemployment in East
Not instant prosperity as promised
Adapting
Older generations found it hard to adapt, there was a lack of job security
Companies collapsed, leading to unemployment
Open to competition with West, could not compete because of lack of investment from external countroes
Trust holding companies
Sold off more to Westerners than Easterners
Bush Money
Relocate western workforce to East
There was a need for skilled workers
Economy failure by 1991, long term is was successful, the expectationswere unrealistic to be able to be met in 1991
Social
Success
Greater freedoms- voting and speech
What they wanted
Had opportunities to move west, able to set up businesses
Families reunited, personal suffering caused now fixed
Failure
Easterners treated as 2nd class citizens
Led to ostalgie, unemployment and harsh competitiveness took time to get used to
Increased resentment against easterners
Solidarity tax, levied on all Germans for Eastern development
Failure of integration as hoped
Despite youth retraining schemes, youth delinquency seen
Appearance of Neo-Nazi groups
Looked elsewhere away from democracy
Education in East poor, low skilled people
Female employment dropped, lack of training and reliance on state provision
Relied on state for services such as child care, state no longer provided this
Ostalgie
Political
Success
Success for CDU/CSU, 43.8%
Vote for democratic party, support for democracy
CDU offered democracy, people in old GDR valued democracy
NPD didn't win representation, anti democratic, people no longer turned to extremist parties
Failure
None
International acceptance
Succss
Maastricht treaty
Led to creation of European Union
Germany took part in the talks
Germany was trusted, and developed into a major European player
Stronger links to USSR, offered financial aid
However, economic imperialism, strongest economy in Europe
Rule over people economically
Gulf war 1990
Refused to get involved, sent money to USA instead
Seen as being reasonable by Europe, not in a rush to get involved in war
USA saw Germany as weak, they had a new military and did not use it
Failure
Yugoslav crisis, accused of being overy aggressive
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