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POSTWAR EUROPEAN LEADERS. KONRAD ADENAUER – WEST GERMANY. “THE OLD MAN” Not a Nazi, a Christian Democrat Presided as Chancellor over West German “Economic Miracle” Voted by nation as one of Germany’s greatest leaders. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYcnP-lZvRM. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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POSTWAR EUROPEAN LEADERS
KONRAD ADENAUER – WEST GERMANY
“THE OLD MAN” Not a Nazi, a
Christian Democrat Presided as
Chancellor over West German “Economic Miracle”
Voted by nation as one of Germany’s greatest leaders.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYcnP-lZvRM
WALTER ULBRICHT – EAST GERMANY
German Democratic Republic
Unrest in 1953 Constant migration
across border into West Germany
WILLY BRANDT Social Democrat Escaped to Norway
in 1930s, came back to Germany in 1946
Mayor of West Berlin
Chancellor of West Germany, 1969-1974
Ostpolitik – wins Nobel Peace Prize in 1970
At the Berlin Wall (with Robert Kennedy), and in Warsaw memorial
CHARLES DE GAULLE
ENDS ALGERIAN WAR, 1962
MANY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ADOPT “THE WELFARE STATE”
MARGARET THATCHER-Conservative
Curbs British welfare state in 1980s
Challenges unions’ power
Takes a hard stand in Northern Ireland
Falklands War, 1982
Encourages Bush against Iraq, 1990
NORTHERN IRELAND – Catholic civil rights protests attacked
BLOODY SUNDAY, 1972 – British paratroopers shoot down 14 at a civil rights march
IRA GAINS FROM VIOLENCE – civil war kills thousands until 1999
BOMBINGS, ASSASSINATIONS
EUROPEAN COOPERATION 1947 – CEEC – Council for European
Economic Cooperation for countries that took Marshall Plan aid.
1950- Jean Monnet and Robert Schumann help create European Coal and Steel Community – Six countries – France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
Later called Common Market or European Community - 1957
More Cooperation More countries join between 1973 and 1986 –
Britain, Ireland, Denmark, Greece, Portugal, Spain 1993 Maastricht Treaty – European Union (EU).
European parliament and common currency instituted. Free travel without passports allowed throughout EU.
Former Communist countries of eastern Europe join in recent years. Currently 27 members
http://europa.eu/abc/history/animated_map/index_en.htm
http://europa.eu/about-eu/countries/index_en.htm