Questions tagged [germany]
Questions about Federal Republic of Germany politics and policy.
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Why does it have to be 50-50 in Germany's Bundestag [duplicate]
In Germany's Bundestag, 299 seats are for proportional representation and the other 299 are for regional representation in a first-past-the-post system. Is it just a coincidence that the seats are ...
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Why does the "Tanks for Ukraine" discussion focus on the Leopard 2?
It may simply be my media bubble but it seems that the discussion on providing main battle tanks to the Ukraine focuses strongly, almost entirely, on the German Leopard 2. Why is that?
Now I ...
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Why is Germany subsidizing the cost of electricity for everyone rather than only the poorest households?
According to Reuters:
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz set out a 200 billion euro ($194
billion) "defensive shield", including a gas price brake and a cut in
sales tax for the fuel, to protect ...
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Why is Germany still opposed to nuclear power despite the energy crisis?
Germany has recently announced that while they’ll keep two of their nuclear power plants operational during the winter, they’re still planning to shut them down in the spring. But why aren’t they ...
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Locating Primary Sources of SOFA and Mutual Defense Treaties
I'm doing a research project that requires me to examine the revision history of the SOFA (Status of Forces Agreement) and Mutual Defense treaties between the US and Germany (via NATO), the US and ...
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Why is Poland demanding $1.3 trillion in reparations from Germany, but not $x trillions from Russia?
It's a safe assumption that Russia won't pay a dime. However, comparing 5+ years of German vs 's 50-ish years of Russian occupation, couldn't Poland make a point about the colonial damaged caused by ...
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Was now really the right moment for Poland to demand concrete reparations from Germany? [duplicate]
According to this Reuters article, Poland is demanding approximately $1.3 trillion in reparations from Germany. If it wasn't Reuters, I would think this is just what many here call "Russian ...
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What are the pros and cons of demanding 1.3 trillion in reparation from Germany for the Polish government?
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/poland-officially-demand-ww2-reparations-germany-says-ruling-party-boss-2022-09-01/
What are the pros and cons of demanding 1.3 trillion in reparation from Germany?...
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Has Russia, as of August 21st, violated any gas contracts with Germany?
With the looming winter, the question of Russia delivering sufficient gas for power, warmth, and industry is frequently discussed across German media. However, as far as I am aware, only the possible ...
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Could the German government decide to free Russian citizen Vadim Krasikov from prison?
So there are currently discussions between Russia and the US about some possible prisoner exchange to release US citizens Griner and Whelan from Russia. Apartently Russia made a request (through ...
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Did Björn Höcke sue (and win?) for being called "new Hitler" or "AfD fascist"?
Somewhat related to a recent question, where in answers we find out out that several AfD members won defamation lawsuits for being called "Nazi", Höcke was called "new Hitler" and ...
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Is AfD officially considered a "Nazi" party by German courts?
In Have any prominent politicians in the West called for Ukraine to surrender territory to Russia? user @o.m. states that:
He is a member of the German parliament for the AfD, a nazi party. (Some ...
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GDP per capita of areas formerly belonging to East Germany vs those of northern England
The BBC wrote (at beginning of Feb) regarding UK's "levelling up" plan:
The problem that the government seeks to solve with its "levelling up" agenda is clear - the fact that the ...
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Why does Germany subsidize the Dolphin-class submarines sold to Israel?
Wikipedia article says -
On 6 July 2006, the Government of Germany decided to finance an advance to start the construction, about €170 million, planned for delivery in 2012.[31] The two submarines ...
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Why is the left/right spectrum defined so ambiguously? (Europe)
I am currently in Germany so my views are from an European perspective. I never could quite comprehend how the definitions of "left" and "right" are used here.
Right seems to be ...
