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Mensch und Gesellschaft › Religiöse Vielfalt
Mit dem Beitritt der DDR zur Bundesrepublik Deutschland gehören die neuen Bundesländer nun auch …
- zur Europäischen Union.
- zum Warschauer Pakt.
- zur OPEC.
- zur Europäischen Verteidigungsgemeinschaft.
Why this is the correct answer
When the GDR acceded to the Federal Republic of Germany on October 3, 1990, the new eastern states automatically became part of the European Community (later the European Union) along with the rest of Germany. No separate accession process was required because the GDR territory simply became part of an existing member state. This made German reunification simultaneously an enlargement of the European Community.