Aqa historycomponent 1l - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Extract A After 1966, party distinctions in West Germany became blurred. The Grand Coalition of 1966–69 set Germany back on track in the most difficult of circumstances, effectively resolving the economic problems of the mid-1960s. This government greatly contributed to the political consensus of the following two decades. In 1974, nobody seemed better equipped to deal with a new economic crisis than Helmut Schmidt. Most Germans, including many traditional CDU/CSU voters, saw Schmidt as ...