Open borders, free movement are allowed, but if the two halves decide to join up, it is not allowed ?Over time, the economies of the two Germanies are practically one and when the Schengen Zone takes effect in 1995 following an East German accession to that treaty (which is distinct from East Germany joining the EU), East Germany remains technically a separate state with an economy integrated into that of West Germany. For various reasons since, reunification never gets off the ground and East Germany remains technically separate.
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Open borders, free movement are allowed, but if the two halves decide to join up, it is not allowed ?
Strange world.
Your source for this is?Totally population-approved 2017 merging of Germany and Austria surely would NOT be allowed.
Your source for this is?
The disadvantages would be to great for everyone...
But british tea and french croissants remains undisturbed!
Really, I wonder if maintaining such separation would be necessary for some profits of the European common market.
Even if such a statement officially existed (which did not), this could only be upheld if popular support did not exist. This was simply not the case in Germany.snip
Hard power was out of question by the time being considered, and none of the EU nations as they existed were going to have any soft power to stop West Germany, and Berlin would be insistent on this issue.
GDR is still finished.Therefore reunification could not be prevented completely, but just takes other shapes?
GDR is still finished.
This is not the case here. France is not interested, neither is Britain. The sole power who wants it is going to disintegrate.Bessarabia (Moldova) is still not the part of Romania, despite the momentum for unification was enormous in the 90s.
Open borders, free movement are allowed, but if the two halves decide to join up, it is not allowed ?
Strange world.
Misgivings do not cut it. Neither France or Germany could do anything for long.I don't find that to be all that far-fetched or inconceivable. Both the French and British had misgivings at the outset over reunification.
Both the French and British had misgivings at the outset over reunification.
They had the hard power, they were not interested. Anglo-French soft power is not going to be enough, considering the issue it would create.indisputable decision-maker seems to be overrated a bit.
They had the hard power, they were not interested. Anglo-French soft power is not going to be enough, considering the issue it would create.
Simply put, removing both soft and hard means is what makes it a done deal.