Politics of Germany Politics of Germany In late 1999, it was discovered that the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) political party had accepted illegal donations while under the control of Chancellor Helmut Kohl in the 1990s. This issue had been ongoing since 1995, but little progress had been made until the rival SPD initiated its own investigation in October 1999. ...more on Wikipedia about "1999 CDU contributions scandal"
The Agenda 2010 is a series of reforms planned and executed by the German government which they say will modernise the German social system and labour market. The declared aim of Agenda 2010 is to improve economic growth and thus reduce unemployment. ...more on Wikipedia about "Agenda 2010"
Anti-Germans are left-extreme activists and groups coming out of the antifascist Left in Germany that are united in their call for a solidarity with Israel based on Marxism. The decisive point in their agenda is that they don't focus on Class War and the Labor Movement, but instead view the international system and its dynamics of development from the angle of the Marxist philosophy of history and the Critical Theory. From this point of view, the European Enlightenment is largely unfinished business. The Anti-Germans presume that any global transformation to communism can only happen with and not against the de-facto forces of the Enlightenment. Thus they reject Anti-imperialism, which they see as the current mainstream inside Marxism. According to the Anti-Germans, Anti-imperialism has nothing to do with the opus of Karl Marx, but instead is similar to Nazism. While Anti-imperialism complains that U.S. foreign policy is interest-driven, the Anti-Germans argue that according to Marx this is the normal way of any policy. The anti-imperialist call for an unselfish policy is said to reflect the slogan " Altruism overrides Egoism" from the NSDAP platform. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anti-German (ideology)"
The Bundesrat ("federal council") is the representation of the 16 Federal States (Länder) of Germany at the federal level. It has its seat at the former Prussian Herrenhaus (House of Lords) in Berlin. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bundesrat of Germany"
The Bundestag ("Federal Diet") is the parliament of Germany. It was established with Germany's constitution of 1949 (the Grundgesetz), and is the successor of the earlier Reichstag. Its current President is Norbert Lammert. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bundestag (Germany)"
Die Deutschen Konservativen (The German Conservatives) is a German ultra-conservative anti-communist organisation, which developed out of a conservative campaign to support Franz Josef Strauß in the 1980 federal election. Formally established circa 1986, its President was former Berlin Senator for the Interior Heinrich Lummer, and the Chairman was the well-known journalist Joachim Siegerist. The organisation was fined in 1987 for "causing offence" to former Chancellor Willy Brandt, in their condemnation of what they saw as his appeasement policies towards communism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Die Deutschen Konservativen"
The Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth ( German: Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend) is a Ministry of Germany. It is headquartered in Berlin with a secondary seat in Bonn. ...more on Wikipedia about "Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth"
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The Flick Affair was a German political scandal of the early 1980s relating to political contributions by the Flick company, a major German conglomerate, to various political parties "for the cultivation of the political landscape". Otto Graf Lambsdorff, then minister for economic affairs, was forced to resign in 1984 after being accused of accepting bribes from Flick. ...more on Wikipedia about "Flick Affair"
This is a list of major political scandals in Germany: ...more on Wikipedia about "German political scandals"
A grand coalition is a coalition government in a parliamentary system where political parties representing a vast majority of the parliament unite in a coalition. The term is most commonly used in countries where there are two dominant parties with different ideological orientations, and a number of smaller parties which are large enough to secure representation in the parliament. Typically in such a country, the two large parties will each try to secure enough seats in any election to have a majority government alone, and if this fails each will attempt to form a coalition with smaller parties that have a similar ideological orientation. Because the two large parties will tend to differ on major ideological issues, they will usually find it more difficult to agree on a common direction for a combined government than with smaller parties. ...more on Wikipedia about "Grand coalition"
A green tax shift is a fiscal policy which lowers the taxes on income including wages and profit, and raises taxes on consumption, particularly the unsustainable consumption of non-renewable resources. ...more on Wikipedia about "Green tax shift"
The Hartz concept is the name given to the recommendations resulting from a commission on reforms to the German labour market in 2002. Named after the head of the commission, Peter Hartz, it went on to become part of the German government's Agenda 2010 series of reforms, known as Hartz I - Hartz IV. The reforms of Hartz I - III took place between January 1, 2003 and 2004; Hartz IV began on January 1 2005. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hartz concept"
Since January 1, 2005, immigration to Germany is governed by a new Immigration Law. For the first time Germany has legislation to control immigration, and to limit it effectively. ...more on Wikipedia about "Immigration to Germany"
Jamaica coalition ( German: Jamaika-Koalition; also known as the Jamaica alliance, Jamaica traffic light, black traffic light or Schwampel) is a term used to identify a potential coalition among the parties of the German Christian Democratic Union/ Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU), Free Democratic Party (FDP), and the Green Party. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jamaica coalition"
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The 1989 Monday demonstrations in the East German city of Leipzig were a series of peaceful political protests against the East German government. The demonstrations began after prayers for peace in the Nikolai Church with parson Christian Führer. Safe in the knowledge that the church supported their stance, many East German citizens who wanted to leave the country joined in the court of the church, and non-violent demonstrations began in order to obtain rights like the freedom to travel to foreign countries and to elect a democratic government. By October 1989, more than 250,000 people had joined the demonstrations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Monday demonstrations"
A nuclear power phase-out is the discontinuation of usage of nuclear power for energy production. It includes the closing down of nuclear power plants. It was introduced in Sweden (1980), in Italy (1987), in Belgium (1999), and in Germany (2000) and has been discussed in several other European countries. Austria, the Netherlands, and Spain have enacted laws not to build new nuclear power stations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nuclear power phase-out"
Politics of Germany takes place in a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Federal Chancellor is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Federal legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of parliament, Bundestag and Bundesrat. Since 1949 the party system is dominated by the conservative Christian Democratic Union and the social democratic Social Democratic Party of Germany. ...more on Wikipedia about "Politics of Germany"
The Spiegel scandal of 1962 (in German, Spiegel-Affäre) was one of the major political scandals in Germany in the era after the second world war. ...more on Wikipedia about "Spiegel scandal"
Landsmannschaft Schlesien - Nieder- und Oberschlesien e.V. (the Territorial Association of Silesia - Lower and Upper Silesia) is a federation of Germans born in the former Prussian provinces of Lower and Upper Silesia, or their descendants, who currently live in present-day Germany. ...more on Wikipedia about "Territorial Association of Silesia"
Traffic light coalition is a term originating in German politics where it describes a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Free Democratic Party (FDP), and the Green Party. It arises from the fact that the parties' traditional colours, respectively red, yellow, and green, resemble the normal colour sequence of a traffic light. It has subsequently been used to describe similar coalitions in other countries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Traffic light coalition"
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