Question 173

Question 214 of 300Politics in a Democracy

The Federal Republic of Germany is a founding member ...

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Correct answer to question 173: of the European Union (EU).

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The Federal Republic of Germany is a founding member of what is now the EU: in 1951 it joined the predecessor ECSC, and in 1957 the EEC under the Treaties of Rome. It only joined NATO in 1955 and the UN in 1973.

The question in German, as it appears in the test

Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland ist ein Gründungsmitglied …

  1. des Nordatlantikpakts (NATO).
  2. der Vereinten Nationen (VN).
  3. der Europäischen Union (EU).
  4. des Warschauer Pakts.

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