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Willy Brandt chancellor 1969-1974

• He introduced a set of policies
• He had both successes and failures
• He resigned in 1974
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Social

• Educational support law provided grants for students from poorer backgrounds to continue higher education
• Rise in pensions and other benefits - measures to extend educational provision, particularly for those from poorer backgrounds
• Job creation schemes
• Pensions and more social housing
• Town planning measures
• The promotion of railways to protect the environment

Economic

• Factory management law - 1972 - gave workers a greater say in management decision
• Pensions and more social housing
• Town planning measures
• Soviet reform programme - demanded more government spending - this exacerbated Germany's resources and caused growing inflation
• The Oil Crisis - 1973 - Yom Kippur War - led to the effective doubling of the cost of crude oil

Political

• Germany's growing inflation provoked arguments between the right and the left wing within the coalition - the former wanted to curb the government spending while the latter argued