Prior to the beginning of World War II, the eastern half of Germany had higher levels of growth than the western half. The per capita national income in West Germany was 103% of that in East Germany before the split in 1945. ..…
Reunification was not universally cheered in Western Europe. Italian premiere Giulio Andreotti , “I love Germany so much that I preferred when there were two.” ..…
Bound by treaty, Russia entered World War I at the defense of fellow Slavic nation Serbia and opened hostilities with Austria-Hungary and Germany in support of its French ally. Russian offensives into East Prussia drew enough German troops from the western front to allow Great Britain,..…
Germany celebrates 30 years as Western alliance that secured those achievements is called into question x. ..…
Today, GDP per person in the east is 20% lower than in western Germany – the same figure as 15 years ago. ... One result today is the ongoing dramatic fall in support in eastern Germany for the western-based traditional ruling political parties. ..…
Nowadays, the East German regime is gone, and Germany is, relatively speaking, one of the most market-oriented economies on earth. Eastern Germany shares a government with western Germany. So, why is eastern Germany still poor compared to its western..…