I’m sorry, you’re absolutely right. There was in no way or shape an organization of countries in Europe back then. There was the European Economic Community, but that’s not related with the EU at all, totally different countries.
I should have never used the term EU referring to a group of European countries in the 21st century that had absolutely nothing to do with the countries of the EEC.
Wasn’t the fall of the Berlin Wall and incorporation of the former East Germany into the EEC kind of what led to the Maastricht Treaty and the formation of the modern EU?
Yes, afaIk it was France who insisted on a deeper European integration, e.g. the Euro as a unified currency, as a prerequisite for its consent to the German reunification.
I’m sure, if it happens, there will be a lot for the EU to hash out.
East Germany was sorted out fairly painlessly.
Depends on your definition of sorted out. The differences are obvious even now, 35 years later.
Especially mentally.
I meant on the EU level. I don’t remember changing treaties, voting problems, vetoes…
Because the EU didn’t exist back then? Or am I missing something?
I’m sorry, you’re absolutely right. There was in no way or shape an organization of countries in Europe back then. There was the European Economic Community, but that’s not related with the EU at all, totally different countries.
I should have never used the term EU referring to a group of European countries in the 21st century that had absolutely nothing to do with the countries of the EEC.
Thank you for correcting me.
Wasn’t the fall of the Berlin Wall and incorporation of the former East Germany into the EEC kind of what led to the Maastricht Treaty and the formation of the modern EU?
Yes, afaIk it was France who insisted on a deeper European integration, e.g. the Euro as a unified currency, as a prerequisite for its consent to the German reunification.
Only the ddr and udssr is at fault there!
Ohohoho, don’t say that to an Eastern German.