West Germany was one of the 6 founding members of the European Economic Community. East Germany was not a member but after re-unifying with West Germany, it all became Germany.
West Germany remained capitalist when East Germany was part of the Soviet Union, and therefore communist.
They were wrecked so they bartered with cigarettes
The European Economic Community was engulfed by the European Union in 1993. The countries that were members of the EEC are: Belgium Denmark France Germany* Greece Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Portugal Spain United Kingdom At the time of the founding of the EEC, Germany was split into West Germany and East Germany. West Germany was a founding member of the EEC. However, Germany was reunited in 1990.
Germany is a founding member of the EU which was originally founded in 1951 as the ECSC (European Coal and Steel Community) which would later go through numerous name changes before becoming the EU
West and East Germany rejoined into Germany.
The reunification of Germany in 1989 was called die Wiedervereinigung.
Germany
Midnight on 9 November 1989
1989
Ever since the reunification of West Germany and East Germany in 1989, there has been only one Germany.
November 1989
The Berlin Wall came down in November, 1989. East and West Germany united into a single Germany in October, 1990, with East and West Berlin joining together also. October 3rd, 1990. =]
A major change in Western Europe in 1945-1989 was the post war rebuilding of Germany. Germany was divided into East and West Germany.
The Germans tore down the Berlin Wall in 1989 that separated Germany into the East and West.
West Germany, Britain, and Japan. When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, East & West Germany disappeared.
The 9th of November 1989 was when the Politburo allowed refugees to leave East Germany and go to West Germany directly.