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Germany in a nutshell

Germany in a nutshell. Lazarski University, 13th April 2016. At a glance Capital: Berlin Area: 357,021 km2 Population: Approximately 82 million National day: 3 October Day of German Unity, 1990. Politics: the state, the law and the citizen

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Germany in a nutshell

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  1. Germany in a nutshell Lazarski University, 13th April 2016

  2. At a glance • Capital: Berlin • Area: 357,021 km2 • Population: Approximately 82 million • National day: 3 October • Day of German Unity, 1990

  3. Politics: the state, the law and the citizen • Democratic and social federal state governed by the rule of law • Sovereignty vested in the people • Federal system • Social market economy • Basic Law of 1949 • Constitutional basis of fundamental legal and political order • Supreme court: Federal Constitutional Court

  4. The German Bundestag • Bundestag elections every 4 years • Elections: universal suffrage, equal votes, secret ballot

  5. Composition of the 18th German Bundestag: the current distribution of Bundestag seats (as of October 2013) CDU/CSU (Christian Democratic/Social Union)311 seats SPD (Social Democratic Party of Germany)193 seats DIE LINKE (‘The Left’)64 seats Alliance 90/The Greens63 seats 631 seats* * including 29 additional ‘balance seats’ (13 CDU, 10 SPD, 4 Die Linke, 2 Alliance 90/The Greens, 0 CSU)

  6. Political representatives Federal President Joachim Gauck Presidentofthe Bundestag Prof. Norbert Lammert Federal Chancellor DrAngela Merkel Presidentofthe Bundesrat Stanislaw Tillich Presidentofthe Federal Constitutional Court, Prof. Andreas Voßkuhle Federal Minister forForeignAffairs Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier

  7. International Role of Germany • Founding member of the European Union • largest economy in the EU (4th largest in the world) • Member of many other international organisations • UN, NATO, OSCE, World Bank, IMF etc. • Committed partner in UN peace missions • Provider of assistance in economic, environmental and humanitarian disasters • Supplier of more than €10 billion in official development aid per year

  8. Germany in the EU

  9. Germany in the United Nations

  10. Living in Germany

  11. Culture Worlds biggest book fair in Frankfurt Berlin International Film Festival Oktoberfest Goethe & Schiller Museum Island in Berlin Carnival

  12. Sightseeing SchlossNeuschwanstein Unesco World Heritage Middle Rhine Valley Semperoper Dresden Römer Frankfurt Brandenburger Tor Berlin

  13. Food Currywurst + Pommes Weißwurst +Brezel Bratwurst + Sauerkraut SchwarzwälderKirschtorte DönerKebap

  14. Thankyou! Dr. Lukas Wasielewski Press and Public Relations Embassyofthe Federal Republicof Germany ul. Jazdów 12 00-467 Warszawa Tel. +48 22 5841 730

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