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The Social Democratic-Free Democratic
Coalition, 1969-82
In the West German Bundestag elections of September 1969, the CDU/CSU
remained the largest political group, holding eighteen more seats than
the SPD. With the help of the FDP, which had earlier supported the candidacy
of the SPD minister of justice Gustav Heinemann for the federal presidency,
Willy Brandt was able to form an SPD-FDP coalition government, with himself
as federal chancellor. The SPD-FDP coalition lasted until late 1982 and
was noted for its accomplishments in the area of foreign policy. The formation
of this new coalition forced the CDU/CSU into opposition for the first
time in the history of West Germany.
- Willy Brandt
- Ostpolitik
- Helmut Schmidt
- The Student
Movement and Terrorism
- The Greens
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