Approved by both the Bundestag and the Volkskammer later in September, the Unification Treaty between East and West was negotiated and signed on this day with the then Federal Minister of the Interior 
Wolfgang Schรคuble for the Federal Republic and Parliamentary State Secretary Gรผnther Krause for the Democratic Republic. The terms of the agreement led to the dissolution of East Germany and its accession into the unitary state (see previously) following a series of gradual steps to reintegrate monetary, economic and social policies, with both parties choosing an interstate ratification and transitional legislation rather than drafting a new all-German constitution as the options available under the Basic Law. The articles divided the DDR into five states and merged East and West Berlin into one polity and national capital under the above Grundgesetz, the right to bi-lateral self determination guaranteed under the Two Plus Four Treaty without prejudice from or to the occupying Allied rights and responsibilities ongoing at the time of signing and the treaty going into effect.
synchronoptica
one year ago: assorted links worth revisiting (with synchronoptica)
eight years ago: van life plus Icelandic elfin habitats
ten years ago: the sanctity of the Roman senate
thirteen years ago: electronic monitoring plus Wikipedia loves monuments
fourteen years ago: exporting the financial crisis plus self-same Celtic tigers
