Western integration, also known as western ties, is understood to mean the inclusion of the Federal Republic, founded in 1949 as a westernGerman state, in treaties with western states. These were used to make foreign, security and economic policy decisions. The Western powers combined two goals with Germany’s integration into the West. On the one hand, the integration of Germany was intended to serve the security of the Western European states from Germany, which had posed a threat to its neighboring states in the past. On the other hand, West Germany should make a contribution to the security of the Western European states from the Soviet Union, whose troops were stationed on the Elbe due to the Warsaw Pact. With the Paris Agreements in 1955, the Federal Republic was finally integrated into the Western community of states and the Atlantic security community. This marked the first conclusion, which on the German side was influenced by the policies of ChancellorKonrad Adenauer. Because of Adenauer’s policy of ties to the West, the Federal Republic integrated itself into the political, economic and military alliances of the West after 1949.
In particular, the course for foreign policy was only set after strong domestic political disputes. The topic of the division of Germany, the preservation of the right to reunification with other parts of Germany and the relationship with the Soviet Union played a special role.
Even if some sections of the population are all too happy to forget, repress or deny it, the western integration is still the foundation on which the Federal Republic of Germany stands and will continue to stand.
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