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In November 1990, after the signing of the Two-plus-Four Agreement and the subsequent reunification of West and East Germany, Poland and Germany agreed to their own settlement of all outstanding territorial claims via the post-war Oder-Neisse line.

In a nutshell, Germany agreed that the de facto German-Polish borders set up by the USSR during the post war period were now de jure, renouncing any and all claims to the former territories of East Prussia.

But what if this didn't happen?

What if Germany, after thinking it over for a few days, simply says no to the concept of the Oder-Neisse line and withdraws from talks in 1990.

With this ATL Germany still legally holding claim to Polish territory, how might this effect 90s era politics in Germany, Poland, and Europe as a whole?
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