Question 204
Wie wurden die Bundesrepublik Deutschland und die DDR zu einem Staat?How did the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR become one state?
Options
- Die Bundesrepublik hat die DDR besetzt.The Federal Republic occupied the GDR.
- Die heutigen fünf östlichen Bundesländer sind der Bundesrepublik Deutschland beigetreten.The current five eastern federal states joined the Federal Republic of Germany.
- Die westlichen Bundesländer sind der DDR beigetreten.The western federal states joined the GDR.
- Die DDR hat die Bundesrepublik Deutschland besetzt.The GDR occupied the Federal Republic of Germany.
Explanation
Reunification occurred on 3 October 1990 when the five re-established eastern Länder acceded to the Federal Republic under the former Article 23 of the Basic Law. No territory was occupied; instead the DDR dissolved itself and its states joined the existing constitutional order of the FRG.
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