Proper noun
Ostpolitik
The policies of West Germany under Chancellor Willy Brandt, seeking rapprochement with East Germany and the Soviet Union.
Although anxious to relieve serious hardships for divided families and to reduce friction, Brandt's Ostpolitik was intent on holding to its concept of "two German states in one German nation." Source: Internet
As chancellor, Brandt developed his Neue Ostpolitik (New Eastern Policy). Source: Internet
As chancellor, he maintained West Germany's close alignment with the United States and focused on strengthening European integration in western Europe, while launching the new policy of Ostpolitik aimed at improving relations with Eastern Europe. Source: Internet
As the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Kiesinger's grand coalition cabinet, Brandt helped to gain further international approval for Western Germany, and he laid the foundation stones for his future Neue Ostpolitik. Source: Internet
Despite a very small majority he and Willy Brandt sat by the controversial New Ostpolitik. Source: Internet
Others questioned his Ostpolitik and contacts with Communism and the deals he engaged in for the faithful. Source: Internet