German Federal Elections 2013

The entire political system is laid out in 1949 constitution (Basic Law), which was slightly corrected after 1990’s German reunification. The constitution emphasizes the protection of individual liberty and human/civil rights.

At federal level, German constitution divides power between the legislative and executive branches and independent judiciary.

1 GERMAN POLITICAL SYSTEM OVERVIEW 1
1.1 Legislative power 1
1.1.1 Bundestag 1
1.1.2 Bundesrat 1
1.2 Executive power 2
1.2.1 Federal Chancellor 2
1.2.2 Cabinet 2
1.2.3 Federal President 3
1.3 Juridical power 3
1.3.1 Constitutional courts 3
2 MAIN PARTIES 3
2.1 Center-right orientation 4
2.2 Center-left orientation 4
2.3 Left orientation 4
2.4 Liberals 5
2.5 Far-left orientation 5
2.6 Right orientation 5
3 ELECTION PROCEDURE 5
4 RESULTS 6
4.1 For Germany 8
4.2 For Europe 9
5 IMPACT ON BUSINESS 10
6 CONCLUSION 12
SOURCES 13