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Germany in 1995

Historical records for Germany in 1995, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

8Records
6Events
5Named people
6Places
3Categories

Historical records

March

26 March 1995Treaty of SchengenManfred Kanther

Berlin · Government / Government of Germany

During the Schengen process, Kanther oversees domestic security arrangements as the Schengen border-free regime becomes operational. German policy links open internal borders with stronger external controls.

26 March 1995Treaty of SchengenHelmut Kohl

Berlin · Government / Government of Germany

Kohl leads Germany through the first day of operational Schengen, when routine checks cease at participating internal frontiers. German policy pairs open travel with stronger external controls.

April

28 April 1995Treaty of SchengenKlaus Kinkel

Brussels · Government / Government of Germany

Kinkel welcomes Austria's Brussels accession to the Schengen Convention. Bonn also backs intensive police cooperation between participating states.

November

21 November 1995Dayton ConferenceCarl Bildt

Dayton · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

The peace conference is led by US Secretary of State Warren Christopher, and negotiator Richard Holbrooke with two Co-Chairmen in the form of EU Special Representative Carl Bildt and the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Igor Ivanov

December

7 December 1995Baden-Baden Franco-German SummitHelmut Kohl

Baden-Baden · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Meets Jacques Chirac before the Madrid European Council and reaffirms commitment to the planned single currency.

14 December 1995Dayton AccordsHelmut Kohl

Paris · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

The full and formal agreement is signed by French President Jacques Chirac, US President Bill Clinton, UK Prime Minister John Major, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin

15 December 1995Madrid European CouncilHelmut Kohl

Madrid · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Represents Germany as leaders agree the timetable for monetary union and choose euro as the single currency's name.

16 December 1995Euro Name and Changeover PlanTheodor Waigel

Madrid · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Supports the Madrid changeover scenario establishing euro as the name of the future single currency.

Names involved

Carl BildtHelmut KohlKlaus KinkelManfred KantherTheodor Waigel

Places involved

Baden-BadenBerlinBrusselsDaytonMadridParis

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.