PS 341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Free-Trade Area, Common Foreign And Security Policy, Berlin Wall
13 Nov 2018
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The destruction of the berlin wall; thousands of eastern germans fled to the west. In the past, in poland, hungary and czr had tried for closer relations w the. West, but the soviet union stopped any of this military intervention to prevent any kind of domestic change. This time was different, gorbachev made it clear the domestic changes in. That they should be left free to make their own decisions. The wall coming down signified that there could be possible political relationships (economic and social) Fragile situation trying to bring together both sides. Wasn"t just dramatic change but also the political opportunity to reshape the country. European initiatives towards the central and eastern europe. The new treaty needed to have more political and economic guidelines. Needed to go further than the common market. Maastricht treaty was created to create an ever closer union with political implications.
