zaterdag 20 april 2013

Politics of Germany


Politics of Germany aren’t very difficult, if you are a genius in this aspect. I’ve seen the most important things in my secondary school, of course at the German lessons. I had a great teacher, who gives her lessons very well. I have still some things I remember from the secondary school, that I will tell you soon and what you don’t have to forget. I’m not that person who is interested in politics, but the politic in Germany isn’t difficult to understand.

Angela Merkel
During our visit, we arranged a meeting with Angela Merkel, party CDU/CSU. She told us a brief summary of the politics in Germany. I found it very interesting to hear this information from a member of the politics. She told the following information:

“The country is divided.. How? The Federal Republic of Germany is divided into sixteen states. Most frequently, the former area of East Germany is referred to as the new states and the western part as the old states. The Federal Chancellor is the head of government in Germany, which is equivalent to Prime Minister in parliamentary government systems. I (Angela Merkel) was the first female German Chancellor who was elected in 2005.

The different political parties are:
-          the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
-          Christian Social Union(CSU)
-          the Free Democratic Party, the Liberals(FDP)
-          the Party of Democratic Socialism(PDS)
-          the Social Democratic Party(SDP)

Germany is a federal parliamentary republic. As you already know, there are three judicial powers in politics. The first one is the legislative power, which is vested in the parliament of Germany ( Bundestag) and the representative body of the Länder(Bundesrat).There is a multi-party system that has been dominated by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). The judiciary of Germany is independent of the executive and the legislature.

A German federal election will be held on 22 September 2013 to determine the 598 members of the 18th parliament of Germany, the main federal legislative house of Germany.
So if you want to be there, take your car and join the election! 

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  1. When we heard that there were sixteen states, I found it a lot, even for a country like Germany. Angela Merkel was very kind and she responded as correct as possible to all our questions.

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