So basically, the president is like the queen, and the chancellor is like the Prime Minister right? President is merely ceremonial and chancellor is the real executive...... Right?
@Mike signs Russia and France are major examples for that. It is called a semi-presidential form of government. While there is an elected parliament and a prime minister looking after internal affairs of the state, there is an elected president who is in charge of defence, foreign policy, (and sometimes) finance.
@Mike signs All other ministries, like agriculture, civic infrastructure, tourism, Energy, Resources, commerce and industry, aerospace, Law, Information Technology & Broadcasting etc. come under the authority of the prime minister.
@Mike signs The military, Foreign Policy and Finance (in some cases atomic energy for nukes). The president sets the economic policy, oversees the military and controls the foreign policy of the country.
One Mistake I spotted: the MPs Bundestag and the members of the Bundesrat don't work together to elect the Federal President. He is elected by the so called: Bundesversammlung: an Organ specially designed to elect him. The Bundesversammlung is comprised of the members of the Bundestag (at least 598) plus an equal number sent of state Representatives (not necessarily the members of the Bundesrat) It can be celebrities etc. So you have a minimum of 1196 people involved. Probably you meant that, but it wasn't stated precisely. Good video all around.
@@VenomRaven I get why it bugs you guys, but his intended audience was American. It does seem silly that he didn't account for other English speaking audiences
In England you can actually select a representative, and not a party, this means that the people will have a much greater power on the country than if you had to select a party and then the party choose who they wanted as representative, this mix system of democracy and partitocracy that Germany has is bs, and I say that coming from spain, where we can't even select pur representatives and where the political parties have all the power...( which is even more bs). So be proud that as a Brit you can actually chose the person you want to be represented by and that the parties can't go bananas and do what they want without an approval of the parlament, unlike spain..
@@percivalpercebe8263 In reality tho the individual representative's don't really represent their constituencies. Most people have no idea who their local Mp is when they vote they vote for the party they want to win nationally.
@@samuelhawes6735 It is still a better system in my opinion, as the person is directly chosen by the people and not the party, also when it comes to voting for laws or whatever each seat has its own voice and can vote without having the fear of being excluded from the party, even though I guess that most of the time each representative votes the same thing as their pears they still choose their vote and choose what best suits their region.
The Germans allow voting for a party instead of individuals. The party is not the people. (Parties are like corporations but for Power.) It is tragedy that 50% of all seats go to parties.... and then the Parties decide who is the chancellor. It is not a democracy but still a bit better than UK where state positions are inherited.
There are a few mistakes... 1. The President does NOT have a general right to veto laws. He only has a right to veto if a law is evidently unconstitutional, like violating Human Dignity. 2. All the 598 seats in Bundestag are based on the second vote, not just half. Sure, half of the seats will be reserved for the directly voted candidates and the other half for the candidates on the party lists in the respective state. But in the end, all the seats are determined by the second vote because a party cannot have more seats in parliament than their proportion of votes they receive, even if they have theoretically more seats because they have more direct votes than seats earned by their amount of second votes. Thats the reason there are overhang and balancing seats. 3. The President also doesn't have a right to dissolve the Bundestag. He can only dissolve the Bundestag in special cases, like when there is no majority for a chancellor in third ballot in Bundestag. He can either appoint the person with most votes or dissolve the Bundestag. He can also dissolve it when the Chancellor asks for vote of confidence in Bundestag and does not get a majority. 4. Not every state's election period lasts 5 years! Bremen's election period just lasts 4! :P 5. Not the parliaments of the Bundesländer send representatives to the Bundesrat, but the governments of the 16 states... 6. The Bundestag and Bundestag DO NOT elect the Bundespräsident. The President is elected by the Bundesversammlung, the biggest election committee in Germany. One half consisting of all members of Bundestag, the other half of representatives send by the parliaments of the 16 states.
AfD:Radical Right CDU/CSU(Union):Conservative SPD:Socialdemocrats die Grünen(the Greens):Democratic Party FDP:Liberal Die Linke(the Lefts):radical Left.
@@guntherbohm9329 mit democratic party meinte ich das man die Grünen mit den demokraten in den USA vergleichen kann(zumindestens wenn man von der Identitätspolitik ausgeht,ich wusste nicht wie ich die grünen sonst beschreiben sollte).
The Bundesverfassunsgericht decides also on specific cases, not just on constitutionality of laws. Some years ago the court decided that the interpretation of a law given by a different federal court (federal labour court, BAG) was indeed false. This was good for workers and turned 180 degrees the historical interpretation of such cases.
Another mistake: The Chancellor is not "appointed by the President and then voted on by the Bundestag". Instead the President proposes a candidate to the Bundestag who is then voted upon. If he or she is not elected, the Bundestag is free to vote on antoher candidate. The Chancellor elected by the Bundestag in this process is only then appointed by the President.
Nope, you're wrong, the president suggests the chancellor. Then he is elected by the Bundestag. --> Art. 63 I GG Afterwards he will be appointed if he got elected --> Art. 63 II GG
"about the size of montana" humbled me. You're telling me a country the size of one of our states took over almost half the fucking world? Holy shit thats liiiit🤣
Can someone explain to me, how democracy in Germany works? Because i can't found any information in google about it accurately, especially democracy for prosperity.
Democracy works here as it does in every other country that has democracy. Just go to wikipedia and type in "democracy" and you'll have all the information needed.
The president cannot veto a law. He only has the right to get a law checked by the Federal Constitutional Court. If it does not violate the constitution he has to sign it. And he can only dissolve the parliament if the chancellor suggests it to him, and the chancellor cannot just do it like that.
@@animalia5554 Not exactly. The president has to sign every law, that is passed on federal level. If he refuses, the law will be checked by the federal constitutional court (the supreme court of Germany). You can say, he is one of the many lines of defense against anti-democratic laws. Also, he is the first representative of Germany for any foreign countries.
2:27 *NO, NO, NO!* He specifically does *_NOT_* have the power to dissolve parliament! That's the equivalent of saying that the office of President of the United States is hereditary. The lesson learned from living under the British monarchy was that the top office of the land should NOT be hereditary and it's the same here: The lesson learned from the failure of the Weimar Republic was that the President should NOT have the power to dissolve parliament on his own, not even parliament itself has that power. Here's what needs to happen for the Bundestag go be dissolved: 1. The Chancellor has to ask the Bundestag to give them a vote of confidence. 2. The vote of confidence has to fail. 3. The Chancellor has to ask the President to dissolve the Bundestags within 21 days of the failed vote of confidence. 4. The President agrees that the Bundestag should be dissolved. 5. The Bundestag does not vote a new Chancellor into office. (read: Art. 68 I GG) So essentially the Chancellor, the Bundestag and the President all have to work in tandem to dissolve the Bundestag. And while we're on that topic: No, the President also doesn't have the power to just veto laws. Yes, he has to sign bills into law but no, the can't just refuse to unless they're formally unconditional i.e. haven't actually passed a vote in the Bundestag (and in some cases the Bundesrat) that's it. Again, he CANNOT just veto laws. Please so some fucking research before making videos like this.
if a person is known to have commited crime in another country, does he still have the right to live in germany. or just it doesnt matter as long as they have been obeying he german law
that depends on if there have been any extradition treaties signed and if the person is legal to live in germany which may depend on international agreements
2:02 First of all it's state and not local elections, secondly no, those elections don't send representatives into the Bundesrat, the state governments do.
Ah, so state senators are picked by representatives, who picks a president who acts more like a constitutional monarch who selects a prime minister. It's so EASY!
Officially, the President can veto laws. But if he did, then he would have to resign. And then a new one has to be elected (usually one who then signs this law)
yeahh the BERGHAIN!! :D its ok not everyone gets in. but if you do its awesome. I always have a good time! but i dont try to go unless i am sure i will get in. so yeah.
So basically, The German President is like the UK King/Queen and the German Chancellor is like the UK Prime Minister right? The President is merely ceremonial and the Chancellor is the real executive...... Right?
The chancellor leads the executive and is much more powerful than the president. The president can only refuse a law (when he thinks it's against the constitution) so it gets into the supreme court (Bundesverfassungsgericht)
My family are Indian Hindu Royals of My own Indian Hindu Prussian Germanic Empire. It has nothing to do with European whites as they are not part of my heritage or lineage.⚡️🤴🏽🕉🔺➕
So basically, The German President is like the US President and the German Chancellor is like the Japanese Prime Minister right? The President is the real executive and the Chancellor is also the real executive...... Right?
Well, we Germans conquer the RU-vid comment section only, when it mentions us in an easy and positive way. As soon as it gets complicated, we tend to act like such videos do not exist. :D
The political system after 1949 was not invented by the Allies for Germany. This system already existed in the republic between 1918 and 1933. This system was only improved and measures were anchored in the constitution that make a change to a dictatorship like 1933 no longer possible.
tv in germany is the same tv as in usa without Fox news. We have here in germany only leftist and far leftist tv. So the elections are completely manipulated.
Yeah right, as someone who votes left and defines herself as a leftist, I can assure you that this is NOT the case. But I'm more than glad that far right opinions have (more or less) no place in our media. The elections aren't manipulated unless people would be forced to elect certain parties. And even the people that rely only on TV to form their political opinion only get to see what the parties show to the media. And if parties like the AfD mostly do and talk bs, the media has nothing else to show the people.
