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Politics of Germany. Germany is a democratic and federal parliamentary republic, where federal legislative power is vested in the Bundestag (the parliament of Germany) and the Bundesrat (the representative body of the Länder, Germany's regional states). The federal system has, since 1949, been dominated by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU ...
The Franco-German friendship became the basis for the political integration of Western Europe in the European Union. In 1998–1999, Germany was one of the founding countries of the eurozone. Germany remains one of the economic powerhouses of Europe, contributing about 1/4 of the eurozone's annual gross domestic product.
2024 German government crisis. On 6 November 2024, Olaf Scholz, the incumbent chancellor of Germany, announced the dismissal of Christian Lindner, the then- finance minister and leader of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), from his cabinet. [1] This occurred following recent disputes in the three-party coalition government over the country's ...
Merkel IV. The Scholz cabinet (German: Kabinett Scholz, pronounced [kabiˈnɛt ʃɔlt͡s] ⓘ) is the current cabinet of Germany, led by Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The cabinet is composed of Scholz's Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Alliance 90/The Greens. The Free Democratic Party (FDP) was a member of the cabinet until 7 November 2024 ...
Germany’s governing coalition has collapsed after disagreements over the country’s weak economy led Chancellor Olaf Scholz to sack his finance minister. Germany’s normally stable government ...
t. e. The Bundestag (German: [ˈbʊndəstaːk] ⓘ, "Federal Diet ") is the German federal parliament and the lower of two chambers, alongside the upper chamber, the Bundesrat. It is the only federal representative body directly elected by the German people. The Bundestag was established by Title III [c] of the Basic Law for the Federal ...
Germany, [e] officially the Federal Republic of Germany, [f] is a country in Central Europe.It lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen constituent states have a total population of over 82 million in an area of 357,596 km 2 (138,069 sq mi), making it the most populous member state of the European Union.
Central government of Federal Republic of Germany. The Federal Cabinet (German: Bundeskabinett pronounced [ˈbʊndəskabiˌnɛt] ⓘ), or according to the German Basic Law, the Federal Government (German: Bundesregierung), is the chief executive body of the Federal Republic of Germany. It consists of the Federal Chancellor and cabinet ministers.