The people of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saarland" id="mw6w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Saarland">Saar region</a> vote in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Saar_Statute_referendum" id="mw7A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1955 Saar Statute referendum">referendum</a> to unite with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Germany" id="mw7Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="West Germany">West Germany</a> instead of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Fourth_Republic" id="mw7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French Fourth Republic">France</a>.