Questions tagged [germany]
Questions about Federal Republic of Germany politics and policy.
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What were the exact debt relief terms for Germany in 1953?
I read the Wikipedia article about the London treaty but it doesn't give me a bullet list with the exact concessions made and the terms.
Such a list would be perfect to understanding what exactly ...
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Who had more power in the Weimar Government? The President or the Chancellor?
This is referring to the Weimar government before Hitler rose to power- how much power did the original constitution give to each?
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Is Greece request of 279 billion euros from Germany in reparations for the Nazi occupation based on solid legal ground?
To overcome the crisis, Greece is trying to get some money back from Germany.
Greece's deputy finance minister said on Monday Germany owes Greece
nearly 279 billion euros ($305.17 billion) in ...
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How reliable / respected are George Friedman / Stratfor's interpretations of geopolitics?
Recently, a talk by Stratfor's chairman George Friedman at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs attracted some attention in my homeland Germany, among other things because it appears he frankly ...
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When immigrating to Germany, does the German government check the immigrant's criminal record?
Some countries have such checks. Does Germany also check the criminal records of immigrants?
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What is the difference between the President of Germany and Chancellor of Germany? [duplicate]
I wanted to know what the separation of powers were, if any. I did some research on Wikipedia and could only find that the Chancellor of Germany essentially runs the country, but is appointed by the ...
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How do today's Germans perceive the Nazis
I am curious about the perceptions of Germans today with regard to their country's past? What do they generally have to say about Hitler and the events of the holocaust?
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What is the difference between the Chancellor and the President of Germany?
As you know, Germany has both a Chancellor and a President. While the Chancellor's appearances in international stages and media seem to be huge, not many foreign media talk about the German President....
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What is the purpose of direct mandates in the German electoral system?
Is the direct mandate’s main purpose to represent the election districts? What was the original motivation to build a mechanism like that (first/direct vote, excess mandates) into a electoral system?
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What am I supposed to vote for?
Germany is a democracy and there is an important election on Sunday.
I know I can vote any of the parties written on the list or nothing, and that within this limitation I am completely free to make ...
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Does Germany have a particularly negative perception of South Korea? If so, why?
A nationalistic Japanese person pointed me to a survey on perceptions of various countries on each other, and that Germany had the most negative views about South Korea out of all of the countries ...
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Why would a country ever store its gold deposits abroad?
I just learned from this question that Germany is storing its gold reserves around the globe.
Why would a country store any of its gold reserves abroad, instead of well-protected inside the country? ...
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Is it illegal to publish a website anonymously/pseudonymously in Germany?
Occasionally on websites you see a link labeled "Impressum", and on clicking it it invariably shows a German-looking name and contact information in Germany. Looking "Impressum" up on Wikipedia, I was ...
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Was there any specific motivation for the "Shanghai Fugu Agreement"?
On a wiki walk from the Wikipedia article on Fugu, I came across the Shanghai Fugu Agreement:
The Shanghai Fugu Agreement (German: Shanghaier Kugelfisch-Abkommen)
was a successful 1985 political ...
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Why is Japan more revisionist about its World War II era actions than Germany?
Germany and Japan both committed horrific crimes against humanity in the lead up to, and during World War II. Both countries are now more or less democracies. Yet the two countries seem to have dealt ...
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