WORLD : Germans Ratify Unity Treaty
The new Parliament of united Germany today ratified an international treaty that grants full sovereignty to the new nation, formally ending the special rights of its World War II victors.
Parliament also rescued plans for nationwide elections on Dec. 2 by approving a new balloting law in its first working session.
The meeting at the Bundestag, a humble structure that once served as Bonn’s waterworks, followed a symbolic session Thursday in Berlin and came two days after East and West Germany became one. Berlin is the new capital, but Bonn will be the parliamentary seat for now.
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