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Frankfurt Parliament - Civil Rights. Sessions started in July when civil rights were discussed. An agreement about civil rights was reached in October and promulgated in December. These civil rights would form the main foundation of many democratic constitutions in the individual German states. Frankfurt Parliament - Factions. After the discussion about civil rights the Assembly factionalized along liberal-versus-conservative lines, as well as between monarchists and republican ...

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Frankfurt Parliament, Frankfurt Parliament - Deliberations, Frankfurt Parliament - Civil Rights, Frankfurt Parliament - Factions, Frankfurt Parliament - Obstruction, Frankfurt Parliament - Schleswig-Holstein, Frankfurt Parliament - Revolts, Frankfurt Parliament - Deliberations about a constitution, Frankfurt Parliament - Failure, Frankfurt Parliament - Conclusion, Frankfurt Parliament - Presidents of the National Assembly

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The German Centre Party (Deutsche Zentrumspartei or merely Zentrum), often called the Catholic Centre Party, was a Catholic political party in Germany during the Kaiserreich and the Weimar Republic. The party dissolved itself on July 6, 1933, shortly before the conclusion of a Concordat between the Holy See and Germany. After World War II, the party was refounded, but could not rise again to its former importance, as most of its members joined the new CDU party. However, the Centre party still exists to thi ...

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• Centre Party Germany - Origins of Political Catholicism
• Centre Party Germany - Catholic groups in the Prussian Diet
• Centre Party Germany - The Soest programme and the founding of the Centre party
• Centre Party Germany - Kulturkampf
• Centre Party Germany - Out of the tower!
• Centre Party Germany - In War and Revolution
• Centre Party Germany - In the Weimar Republic
• Centre Party Germany - The Brüning administration
• Centre Party Germany - Between coup d'etat and authoritarian democracy
• Centre Party Germany - The Hitler government and new elections
• Centre Party Germany - The Enabling Act
• Centre Party Germany - The end of the Centre Party
• Centre Party Germany - Refounding and post-war history
• Centre Party Germany - External link

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Germany This article is part of the series: Politics of Germany Constitution Bundestag (Parliament) Bundesrat (Federal Council) Federal Convention Constitutional Court Federal Court of Justice President: Horst Köhler Chancellor: Angela Merkel Cabinet States of Germany Districts of Germany Elections Political parties ...

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• Chancellor of Germany - Bundeskanzler North German Confederation 1867-1871
• Chancellor of Germany - Reichskanzler 1871-1945
• Chancellor of Germany - Chancellors of the German Empire 1871-1919
• Chancellor of Germany - Chancellors of the Weimar Republic 1919-1933
• Chancellor of Germany - Chancellors of the Nazi Era 1933-1945
• Chancellor of Germany - Bundeskanzler since 1949
• Chancellor of Germany - Appointment mechanism
• Chancellor of Germany - Votes of no-confidence
• Chancellor of Germany - The chancellor's role
• Chancellor of Germany - List of Chancellors since 1949

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A civil union is one of several terms for a civil status similar to marriage, typically created for the purposes of allowing same-sex couples access to the benefits enjoyed by married opposite-sex peoples (see also same-sex marriage); it can also be used by opposite-sex couples who do not prefer to enter into the legal institution of marriage but who would rather be in a union more similar to a common-law marriage. Many different types of civil unions exist. Some are identical to marriage in nearly every respect except name; so ...

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• Civil union - Canada
• Civil union - Alberta
• Civil union - Quebec
• Civil union - Nova Scotia
• Civil union - Denmark
• Civil union - France
• Civil union - Germany
• Civil union - New Zealand
• Civil union - Switzerland
• Civil union - United Kingdom
• Civil union - United States
• Civil union - Vermont

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Political parties Elections The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU - Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands) is the largest conservative political party in Germany. A right-of-center Christian party, the CDU is also a member of the International Democrat Union. In Bavaria, the CDU does not exist; its role is played by the Christian Social Union (CSU). The CDU cooperates with the CSU at the federal level; although each party maintains its own structure, the two form a common caucus in the German Parliament and do not run opposing ...

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• Christian Democratic Union Germany - History
• Christian Democratic Union Germany - Philosophy
• Christian Democratic Union Germany - Internal Structure
• Christian Democratic Union Germany - Members
• Christian Democratic Union Germany - Data about state party group
• Christian Democratic Union Germany - Party strongholds
• Christian Democratic Union Germany - Relationship with the CSU
• Christian Democratic Union Germany - Think-tank Konrad Adenauer Foundation
• Christian Democratic Union Germany - Chairmen of the Christian Democratic Union 1950-present
• Christian Democratic Union Germany - Parliamentary chairmen/chairmen of the CDU/CSU group in the national parliament
• Christian Democratic Union Germany - German Chancellors from CDU

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Political parties Elections The Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU – Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern e.V.) is a conservative political party in Germany. It operates exclusively in the state of Bavaria, while its sister party CDU operates in the rest of the country. Only in 1957 in the state of Saarland (in the first election after it had rejoined Germany) did the CSU run against CDU candidates, but this section of the CSU later merged with the CDU. On the federal level, the CSU is often perceived as ...

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• Christian Social Union in Bavaria - Chairmen of the Christian Social Union 1946-present
• Christian Social Union in Bavaria - External link

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Bonn is a city in Germany (19th largest), in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the north of the Siebengebirge. It was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990. From 1288 to 1803 it was the residence of the Archbishops and Prince-electors of Cologne. Bonn - History. The history of the city dates back to Roman times. About 10 BC the Romans constructed a bridge across the Rhine close to a place called "Bonna". After the Roman de ...

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• Bonn - History
• Bonn - Districts
• Bonn - Buildings and structures
• Bonn - Transportation
• Bonn - Nightlife
• Bonn - Twin towns

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Dr. Angela Dorothea Merkel (born July 17, 1954) is the current Chancellor of Germany. As chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) she leads a coalition with its sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), and with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). The coalition was formed after two months of negotiations following the 2005 federal election. Merkel, elected to the German Parliament from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, has been the chairwoman of the CDU since 2000, and Chairwoman of the CDU-CSU parliament ...

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• Angela Merkel - Background
• Angela Merkel - Leader of the Opposition
• Angela Merkel - Political platform
• Angela Merkel - Comparisons
• Angela Merkel - Candidacy for Chancellor
• Angela Merkel - Chancellor
• Angela Merkel - Merkel's Cabinet
• Angela Merkel - Quotations
• Angela Merkel - Trivia
• Angela Merkel - Published works

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April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). There are 256 days remaining. April 19 - Events. 1012 - Martyrdom of St Alphege in Greenwich, London. 1529 - At the Diet of Speyer, a group of rulers (German: Fürst) and independent cities (German: Reichsstadt) protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms, beginning the Protestant movement. 1587 - Sir Francis Drake sinks the French fleet in Cádiz H ...

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• April 19 - Events
• April 19 - Births
• April 19 - Deaths
• April 19 - Holidays and observances

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In government, bicameralism (bi + Latin camera, chamber) is the practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. Thus, a bicameral parliament or bicameral legislature is a parliament or legislature which consists of two Chambers or Houses. Bicameralism is an essential and defining feature of the classical notion of mixed government. Bicameralism - Theory. Although the ideas on which bicameralism is based can be traced back to the theories developed in ancient Greece and Rom ...

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• Bicameralism - Theory
• Bicameralism - The different sorts of bicameralism
• Bicameralism - Federalism
• Bicameralism - Aristocratic bicameralism
• Bicameralism - Unitary States
• Bicameralism - Subnational entities
• Bicameralism - Bicameralism and Arab political reform
• Bicameralism - Examples

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A United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, or United Nations People's Assembly (UNPA), is a proposed addition to the United Nations System that eventually would allow for direct election of UN delegates by citizens of member states. Proposals for a UNPA date back to the UN's formation in 1945, but largely stagnated until the 1990s. They have recently gained traction amidst increasing globalization, as national parliamentarians and citizens groups seek to counter the growing influence of unelected international bureaucracies. ...

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• United Nations Parliamentary Assembly - Purposes
• United Nations Parliamentary Assembly - Implementations
• United Nations Parliamentary Assembly - Basic options
• United Nations Parliamentary Assembly - Details
• United Nations Parliamentary Assembly - History
• United Nations Parliamentary Assembly - Support and opposition
• United Nations Parliamentary Assembly - Support
• United Nations Parliamentary Assembly - Opposition

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Various governments have a Chancellor who serves as some form of junior or senior minister. Chancellor (Latin: cancellarius), an official title used by most of the peoples whose civilization has arisen directly or indirectly out of the Roman empire. At different times and in different countries it has stood and stands for very various duties, and has been, and is, borne by officers of various degrees of dignity. The original chancellors were the Cancellarii of Roman courts of justice- ushers who sat at t ...

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• Chancellor - Austria
• Chancellor - Denmark
• Chancellor - Finland
• Chancellor - France
• Chancellor - Germany
• Chancellor - Lithuania
• Chancellor - Poland
• Chancellor - Russia
• Chancellor - Spain and Latin America
• Chancellor - Sweden
• Chancellor - Switzerland
• Chancellor - United Kingdom
• Chancellor - United States

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The period of German history from 1919 to 1933 is known as the Weimar Republic (German Weimarer Republik, IPA: [ˈvaɪ̯marər repuˈbliːk]). It is named after the city of Weimar where a national assembly convened to produce a new constitution after the German Monarchy and German Empire were abolished following the nation's defeat in World War I. This first attempt to establish a liberal democracy in Germany happened during a time of civil conflict, and failed with t ...

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• Weimar Republic - Controlled revolution: the establishment of the Republic 1918-1919
• Weimar Republic - The Reichswehr and the Revolution
• Weimar Republic - The socialist roots of Weimar
• Weimar Republic - The early years: internal conflict 1919-1923
• Weimar Republic - Stresemann's Golden Era 1923-1929
• Weimar Republic - The Republic crumbles and Hitler's support rises 1930-1932
• Weimar Republic - Loss of credibility for the Republic
• Weimar Republic - Franz von Papen calls for elections
• Weimar Republic - November and 'Socialist General' Schleicher
• Weimar Republic - Hitler's chancellorship and the death of the Weimar Republic 1933
• Weimar Republic - Reichstag Fire
• Weimar Republic - Reichstag election of March 5
• Weimar Republic - Hitler cabinet meeting in mid-March
• Weimar Republic - Enabling Act negotiations
• Weimar Republic - Ceremonial opening of the Reichstag in Potsdam on March 21
• Weimar Republic - Passage of the Enabling Act by the Reichstag on March 23
• Weimar Republic - Aftermath
• Weimar Republic - Reasons for the Weimar Republic's failure
• Weimar Republic - Economic problems
• Weimar Republic - Institutional problems
• Weimar Republic - Individual roles
• Weimar Republic - Other roles
• Weimar Republic - Reference

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A legislature is a governmental deliberative assembly with the power to adopt laws. Legislatures are known by many names, the most common being parliament and congress, although these also have more specific meanings. In parliamentary systems of government, the legislature is formally supreme and appoints the executive. In presidential systems of government, the legislature is considered a power branch whi ...

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• Legislature - Chambers
• Legislature - Competences
• Legislature - List of titles of legislatures

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A constitutional amendment is an alteration to the constitution of a nation or a state. In jurisdictions with 'rigid' or 'entrenched' constitutions amendments require a special procedure different from that used for enacting ordinary laws. Constitutional amendment - Amendment procedures. Flexible constitutions: A flexible constitution is one that may be amended by a simple act of the legislature, in the same way as it passes ordinary laws. The 'uncodified' constitution of the United Kingdom (UK ...

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• Constitutional amendment - Amendment procedures
• Constitutional amendment - Mixed systems
• Constitutional amendment - Inadmissible amendments
• Constitutional amendment - Form of changes to the text
• Constitutional amendment - Footnotes

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West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the American, British, and French occupation sectors that were established in 1945. The Soviet sector became East Berlin, part of East Germany. Officially West Berlin was called Berlin (West) by West Germany while the East German government referred to West Berlin as Westberlin. (East Berlin was officially called Berlin Hauptstadt der DDR - "Berlin capital of the GDR" - by East Germany.) West Berlin - ...

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• West Berlin - Origins
• West Berlin - Legal status
• West Berlin - The years of division
• West Berlin - Composition

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Willy Brandt (December 18, 1913 – October 8, 1992) was a German politician and Chancellor of Germany from 1969 to 1974. The social democrat received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971 for his work in improving relations with the German Democratic Republic, Poland and the Soviet Union, but was controversial in Germany because of his Ostpolitik (relations with Eastern Europe and Russia) and had ...

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• Willy Brandt - Early life the war
• Willy Brandt - Mayor of Berlin Foreign Minister
• Willy Brandt - Chancellor
• Willy Brandt - Resignation
• Willy Brandt - Late life
• Willy Brandt - Brandt's First Ministry 21 October 1969 - 14 December 1972
• Willy Brandt - Works selected
• Willy Brandt - Biographies

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The following parties currently participate in the German parliament, the Bundestag, sorted by the number of seats (refer to the following links for details): Christian Democratic Union (CDU) / Christian Social Union (CSU) – conservative, right of center: 27.8 %, 179 seats and 7.4 %, 46 seats Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) – social democrat, left of center: 34.3 %, 222 seats Free Democratic Party (FDP) – free-market liberal: 9.8 %, 69 seats The Left Party (formerly the Party of Democratic Socialism) – socialist: 8.7 %, 54 seat ...

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List of political parties in Germany, List of political parties in Germany - The parties, List of political parties in Germany - Minor Parties, List of political parties in Germany - More than 0.1 % of the vote at the last federal elections, List of political parties in Germany - Others, List of political parties in Germany - Historical parties, List of political parties in Germany - Parties existing before World War II, List of political parties in Germany - Defunct parties in Western Germany, List of political parties in Germany - Parties in the GDR

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The SPD chose to leave the grand coalition with the CDU/CSU, forming a coalition with the FDP instead. Willy Brandt became the first SPD chancellor in the postwar period. ...

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German federal election 1969, German federal election 1969 - Issues and Campaign, German federal election 1969 - Results, German federal election 1969 - Post-election, German federal election 1969 - Sources

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List of Legislative buildings - British Columbia. The Parliament Buildings - Legislative Assembly of British Columbia List of Legislative buildings - Manitoba. Manitoba Legislative Building - Legislative Assembly of Manitoba List of Legislative buildings - Ontario. Queen's Park - Legislative Assembly of Ontario ...

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List of Legislative buildings, List of Legislative buildings - Australia, List of Legislative buildings - Argentina, List of Legislative buildings - Brazil, List of Legislative buildings - Canada, List of Legislative buildings - British Columbia, List of Legislative buildings - Manitoba, List of Legislative buildings - Ontario, List of Legislative buildings - Quebec, List of Legislative buildings - Saskatchewan, List of Legislative buildings - China, List of Legislative buildings - France, List of Legislative buildings - Germany, List of Legislative buildings - India, List of Legislative buildings - Italy, List of Legislative buildings - Ireland, List of Legislative buildings - Netherlands, List of Legislative buildings - Norway, List of Legislative buildings - Pakistan, List of Legislative buildings - Philippines, List of Legislative buildings - Romania, List of Legislative buildings - Spain, List of Legislative buildings - Sweden, List of Legislative buildings - United Kingdom, List of Legislative buildings - Scotland, List of Legislative buildings - Northern Ireland, List of Legislative buildings - United States

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