The "Greens", who established themselves as a federal party on 13 January, decide to take part in Bundestag elections in October.
27 June
1980
Ahead of the annual meeting between SED General Secretary Erich Honecker and CPSU leader Leonid Brezhnev in the Crimea, the SED Politburo resolves to halve GDR debt to the West by 1985.
30 June - 1 July
1980
Helmut Schmidt travels to Moscow for talks with the Soviet leadership. The points at issue include the NATO resolution to stock up on arms and the Soviet invasion of Aghanistan.
