The recognition of Croatian and Slovenian independence by the Federal Republic of Germany

The bachelor thesis deals with German foreign policy towards Yugoslavia in the second half of 1991, with focus on recognition of Croatian and Slovenian independence. It describes its gradual development from declaring independent states by the secessionist republics in June 1991 to complete recognition of these countries by the European Community in January 1992. It tries to answer the question why Germany changed her attitude when she first supported preserving united Yugoslavian state and tries to coordinate her steps with other EC-members, but in the end, she recognised the independence of Croatia and Slovenia unilaterally three weeks sooner that the rest of EC. The thesis contains chronological description of events in the chosen time period - steps of German diplomacy or EC and events in Yugoslavia which are crucial for understanding the context. In the last part, it analyses the aspects influencing German foreign politics