The East German Round Table primarily refers to the Central Round Table, a series of meetings held during the Peaceful Revolution in East Germany between late 1989 and early 1990. The first session convened in East Berlin on 7 December 1989, one day after Egon Krenz resigned as head of the Socialist Unity Party (SED) government. Initiated by the group Democracy Now and inspired by the Polish Round Table of April 1989, the Round Table was intended to bring together government-aligned bodies and opposition groups on an equal footing. Unlike in Poland, the actual table used was rectangular; the name symbolised equal participation in shaping the future of the German Democratic Republic (GDR).