Democratic Change in Central and Eastern Europe 1989-90
Study
27-01-2015
Part of the new European Parliament History series, this study analyses the events that led to democratic change in Central and Eastern Europe in the years 1989-90, from the perspective of the Parliament, as detailed in materials to be found in its Historical Archives. It traces Parliament's discussions and positions during this crucial period, including its debates on Post-Communism and on Eastern enlargement. The studies in the European Parliament History Series are primarily based on documents preserved in, and made available to the public by, the Historical Archives of the European Parliament.
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Policy area
Keyword
- Albania
- Baltic States
- Bulgaria
- change of political system
- cold war
- contemporary history
- Czechoslovakia
- East-West relations
- economic geography
- economic structure
- ECONOMICS
- enlargement of the Union
- EU institutions and European civil service
- Europe
- European construction
- European integration
- European Parliament
- EUROPEAN UNION
- GEOGRAPHY
- German Democratic Republic
- human rights
- humanities
- Hungary
- international affairs
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- international security
- LAW
- Poland
- political framework
- political geography
- POLITICS
- post-communism
- rights and freedoms
- Romania
- SCIENCE
- unification of Germany
- USSR
- Yugoslavia