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Questions about Federal Republic of Germany politics and policy.

The Federal Republic of Germany is a country in Central and Western . Germany's consists of a lower and an upper house, the Bundestag and the Bundesrat, respectively. Germany is a member of the .

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Why was the Germany's "Left Party" the only one to abstain from voting to create anti-Semitism commissioner?

According to reports in various media, Germany recently held a near-unanimous vote to create a post of anti-Semitism commissioner. While I'm aware of criticism of the post (mostly, for being a token gesture that isn't likely to be effective), I'm…
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Is any part of Germany not part of any German State (Land)

In the United States of America, Washington DC is not part of any state. In Australia, there are three mainland territories which are not part of any state (although apparently two essentially function as states). Each of these countries also…
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What part of the German political system makes it possible for chancellors to stay in power for so long compared to other parliamentary​ states?

The current German chancellor has been in power since 2005 and has a great chance in keeping the position for another 4 years. Compared to most other parliamentary democracies this is an extremely long period of time - most other government leaders…
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Why did the renaming process of the Karl-Marx-Allee street in Berlin back to its prewar name fail?

As one living in a ex-communist state, I remember that after the fall of the Iron Curtain many things that sounded communist related were renamed (e.g. streets, parks, plazas). From Wikipedia we found that: De-Stalinization led to the renaming of…
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CDU delegates will vote on German coalition proposal; SPD members have started voting; will there be a vote in the CSU too?

A proposal has been made by the leaderships of three German political parties, the CDU (Christian Democratic Union), SPD (Social Democratic Party), and CSU (Christian Social Union - the CDU's sister party in Bavaria) that they should form a…
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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 prank played on the Social Democrats in the…
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In 2013 did an SPD delegate conference vote on a proposed "grand coalition" in Germany, and if so what proportions of delegates voted for and against?

In 2018, the leadership of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) has proposed a coalition government with the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU), known as a "grand coalition" ("Groko"). First a vote was taken among about…
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