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205. With the accession of the GDR to the Federal Republic of Germany, the new federal states now also belong to …

Official German wording

Mit dem Beitritt der DDR zur Bundesrepublik Deutschland gehören die neuen Bundesländer nun auch …

  1. zur Europäischen Union.
  2. zum Warschauer Pakt.
  3. zur OPEC.
  4. zur Europäischen Verteidigungsgemeinschaft.

Answer options

  1. to the European Union.
  2. to the Warsaw Pact.
  3. to OPEC.
  4. to the European Defence Community.

Correct answer

to the European Union.

Explanation

On 3 October 1990 the GDR acceded to the FRG pursuant to former Article 23 of the Basic Law, preserving the Federal Republic’s international legal identity; consequently, the new Länder fell within the scope of EC law and, from 1993, of the European Union. This was secured by the Unification Treaty and EC instruments on German unity, and the acquis communautaire applied ipso iure. The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance dissolved in 1991, and the European Defence Community never entered into force. OPEC is a commodity organization to which Germany has never belonged.

Official sources

The German questions come from the original BAMF catalog for the Einbürgerungstest and Leben in Deutschland. Translations and explanations are study aids; verify legal details in the official sources.