The Unification Treaty (August 31, 1990)June 6th, 2024
FiledJune 6th, 2024The Unification Treaty was the result of intense negotiations between the GDR and the FRG. It provided for the reorganization of the GDR’s administrative districts [Bezirke] into five federal states [Bundesländer] that would accede to the Federal Republic of Germany under the terms of Article 23 of the Basic Law. The treaty also addressed a myriad of legal and financial issues entailed in the introduction of the Federal Republic’s political, economic, and social structures in the new eastern states.