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Eupen-Malmedy, (the French-speaking Belgians once called them the "Redeemed Cantons"; or the "East Cantons" (in German, die Ostkantone; in French, les Cantons de l’Est), are composed of the former Prussian districts (Kreise in German) of Malmedy, Eupen, increased by the addition of neutral Moresnet. These territories were annexed to Belgium in 1919 according to the Versailles Treaty. Secret negotiation between the Belgian and German governments failed in 1925 because France did not want any clause of the Versailles Treaty to be reviewed, and wanted more pre-War German lands to be alienated.