German Politics

Layers of Government

- Federal President- Federal Cabinet- Federal Diet- Federal Council- Federal Assembly- Federal Constitutional Court

Layers of Government

- Federal President - Federal Assembly- Federal Cabinet - Federal

Constitutional- Federal Diet Court- Federal Council

Layers of Government

- Federal President- Federal Cabinet- Federal Diet- Federal Council- Federal Assembly- Federal Constitutional Court

Layers of Government

- Federal President- Federal Cabinet- Federal Diet- Federal Council- Federal Assembly- Federal Constitutional Court

Layers of Government

- Federal President- Federal Cabinet- Federal Diet- Federal Council- Federal Assembly- Federal Constitutional Court

Layers of Government

- Federal President- Federal Cabinet- Federal Diet- Federal Council- Federal Assembly- Federal Constitutional Court

Candidates- Federal Diet: - Federal

Council- CDU - CDU- SPD

- SPD- The Left - The

Left- The Greens - The

Greens- CSU

- CSUBlack: CDU(225), Red: SPD(192), Brown: The Left(64), Green: The Greens(63), Blue:CSU(56)

CDU

- Christian Democratic Union- Often forms union with CSU- Moderate Christian

- Conservative: back to before or staying the same- Centralright: capitalism,

SPD

- Social Democratic Party of Germany- Social Democratic

- Welfare State: State protects citizens economic and social wel-being

- Collective bargaining: Negotiations employers and employees

The Left

- Democratic Socialism:- Successor Socialist Unity Party

- Ruler East-Germany until 1989- Immediate centralized economic democracy

- Decision making power in hand of group of people

The Green

- Green Politics- Ecologically sustainable society- Civil Liberties- Social Justice- Nonviolence

CSU

- Christian Social Union- Christian Democratic- Conservative: back to before or staying the

same- Often forms Union with CDU