Tutzing speech

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The Tutzing speech was a landmark 1963 address by West German politician Egon Bahr that introduced the policy concept later known as Ostpolitik, advocating change in Eastern Europe through rapprochement rather than confrontation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
political speech
public address
aimedAt Eastern Europe
East Germany
surface form: German Democratic Republic

Eastern Bloc
surface form: Soviet bloc
associatedWith Egon Bahr’s foreign policy thinking
Social Democratic Party of Germany
author Egon Bahr
country West Germany
date 1963
goal improve relations with Eastern bloc states
prepare ground for German rapprochement
reduce tensions in Europe
historicalSignificance foundation of Ostpolitik
landmark in West German foreign policy
ideologicalPosition détente-oriented policy
realist foreign policy
influenced Ostpolitik
surface form: Brandt government Ostpolitik

Ostpolitik
surface form: West German Eastern policy of the late 1960s
introducedConcept Ostpolitik
Wandel durch Annäherung
language German
location Tutzing
mainTheme Ostpolitik
Ostpolitik
surface form: West German Eastern policy

change through rapprochement
rapprochement with Eastern Europe
opposedApproach confrontation
policy of isolation
placeOfSpeech Tutzing
policyApproach dialogue with Eastern bloc
pragmatic engagement
rapprochement
politicalContext Cold War
division of Germany
region Europe
slogan Wandel durch Annäherung
speaker Egon Bahr
subjectMatter East–West relations
German reunification question
foreign policy
timePeriod 1960s
year 1963

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