Round Table Talks
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The Round Table Talks were a series of negotiations that took place in several countries of the Eastern Bloc
between Communists and the opposition. They were a key component in the collapse of the Communist regimes and the smooth transition to democracy.
Eastern bloc
The term Eastern Bloc or Communist Bloc refers to the former communist states of Eastern and Central Europe, generally the Soviet Union and the countries of the Warsaw Pact...
between Communists and the opposition. They were a key component in the collapse of the Communist regimes and the smooth transition to democracy.
- The Polish Round Table Talks, February-April 1989
- The Hungarian Round Table TalksHungarian Round Table TalksThe Hungarian Round Table Talks were a series of formalized, orderly and highly legalistic discussions held in Budapest, Hungary in the summer and autumn of 1989, inspired by the Polish model, that ended in the creation of a multi-party constitutional democracy and saw the Communist Party lose...
, March-September 1989 - The Czechoslovak Round Table Talks, November-December 1989
- The East German Round Table Talks, December 1989-March 1990
- The Bulgarian Round Table Talks, January-May 1990