Ollenhauer entered the Bundestag after the 1949 German federal elections.
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While the plan was denounced as radical at the time, it helped pave the way for Brandt's Ostpolitik, as well as indirectly influencing some developments within the European Union, such as a European common security policy) and the eventual reunification of Germany.
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In 1961, Ollenhauer declined to run for Chancellor a third time, instead supporting the candidacy of Berlin mayor Willy Brandt.
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