Magyar–nyugatnémet kapcsolatok 1989/1990-ben. A német egység mint kihívás Magyarország számára, 1989/90
Hungarian – West-German Relations in 1989/1990. The Unification of Germany as a Challenge for Hungary

Summary/Abstract: The unification of Germany on 3 October 1990 faced Hungary with a huge challenge: the country was in the necessity of strategically determining its future relations with a united Germany at the very time when Hungary itself was going through a deep political, economic and social transformation, involving a change of élite as well. The present paper briefly examines Hungarian-German relations between 1949 and 1989, and explores the reactions of the Hungarian media and politics in the period immediately preceding the unification of Germany. The paper focusses chiefly on the question of the challenge that the German unification process posed for Hungary, and the reactions that it elicited from Hungarian politicians and diplomats. The last section of the paper is devoted to the extremely intensive development of Hungarian-German relations after the unification.

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