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Germany. Title of leader- President Current leader- Joachim Gauck This position is elected. Length of term- Five years Qualifications- Any German (person who possesses German citizenship) who is entitled to vote in Bundestag elections and had attained the age of forty may be elected.
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Title of leader-President • Current leader-Joachim Gauck • This position is elected. • Length of term-Five years • Qualifications- Any German (person who possesses German citizenship) who is entitled to vote in Bundestag elections and had attained the age of forty may be elected. • Background- Gauck was born on January 24, 1940. He married in 1959 to GerhildGauck; they divorced in 1991. He has four children; Christian, Martin, Gesine, Katharina. He attended the University of Rostock, becoming a pastor.
Germany’s lawmaking is call the Bundestag. It is much like our Legislative branch, just simply a different name. • Unlike the U.S., Germany is unicameral. They do not have a congress or a senate, but a chancellor and ministers; which consists of 598 members.
Germany has freedom of speech but it does have limitations, just like the U.S.They also have freedom of the press. • Germany has freedom of religion as well. And just as the U.S. Constitution says that no one can be discriminated against for religion, race, gender, etc.. • Germany has a right to bear arms. Much like the U.S. you need a license for this.
Germany, unlike the U.S., has a multiparty system but with only two main ones. • The parties are the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) • The CDU is Germany’s centre-right political party. • They support a free-market economy and welfare programs. • They are very close with the U.S. • They have become Germany’s most successful political party.
The SPD is Germany’s centre-left political party. • They try to modernize the economy to meet demands of cultural globalization. • Tries to protect the disadvantaged with a welfare state. • Stand for civil and political rights in an “open society”
The voting age in Germany is 18. • All residents of Germany above 18 automatically receive a notification card in the mail weeks before the election saying they can vote. • All citizens of EU countries can vote as well. • Most be resident of Germany for at least 3 months. • Primary elections are held approximately every four years.
Germany, just like the U.S., charges an income tax. • This is also Germany’s largest money income. • German is much like the U.S. and gets their money like we do; with taxes and resources. • They have many rivers such as the Rhine, Oder, and Elbe which they use for fishing and make money. • They have many natural resources as well; oil, copper, coal. • Germany has a property tax. • Germany has a sales tax of 19%
As of 2010, Germany has spent over $45.93 billion on their military. • While the U.S. spent about $663.7 billion. • Germany spends about 4.6% of their tax money on education. • The U.S. spends around 5.7% of their tax money. • 11% of each citizen’s paycheck goes to healthcare. • The U.S. takes 15.2% from each paycheck to go towards healthcare.
Germany has about 6,508,00 crimes per year. • The U.S. has over 11,800,000. • Germany’s prison population is only around 66,000.While the U.S. has a population of over 2,000,000. • The death penalty in Germany has recently been replaced with life in prison.
The current relationship between the U.S. and Germany is a good one. The U.S. is known as one of the Federal Republic of Germany’s closest allies outside of the EU. Germany is one of the more important countries we trade with. They get more imports from the US than they do exports.
