Elysee Treaty
Agreement signed between France and Germany to strengthen relations after WWII
Treaty of Rome
Treaty signed to create the European Union
Maastricht Treaty
Treaty that officially established the European Union and created the Euro
3 pillars of EU
1. Economic cooperation
2. Common foreign policy
3. Cooperation on justice
Dublin Regulation
Set of rules that determines which EU countries takes in a refugee based on the FIRST country they enter
Requirements for Euro membership
- low and stable inflation
- budget deficit below 3% of GDP and public debt under 60% of GDP - maintain a stable exchange rate for at least 2 years
- keep long-term interest rates low and stable
- follow EU laws
Traffic Light Coalition
Political alliance between SPD (red) + FDP (yellow) + Greens
Grand Coalition
Political alliance between largest parties: CDU/CSU and SPD
Jamaica Coalition
Political alliance between CDU/CSU (black) + FDP (yellow) + Greens
"Reluctant Hegemon"
Cautious about taking leadership after what Germany did with Hitler and WWII
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
- Black
- Center-right
- Angela Merkel
Free Democratic Party (FDP)
- Yellow
- Liberal
- Christian Linder
Social Democratic Party (SPD)
- Red
- Center-left
- Gerhard Schroder
Christian Social Union (CSU)
- Black
- Right-wing
- Only in Bavaria
Alternative for Germany (AfD)
- Blue
- Right-wing
- Bjorn Hocke
Greens
- Annalena Baerbock
- Robert Habeck
The Left
- Purple
Konrad Adenauer
First chancellor of West Germany
Charles de Gaulle
French military leader and politician
Helmut Kohl
Chancellor of Germany
Francois Mitterand
President of France
Olaf Scholz
CURRENT Chancellor of Germany
Emmanual Macron
CURRENT President of France
Schengen Agreement
Treaty that allowed people to travel freely between certain European countries without passport or border checks
Willy Brandt
- German Chancellor
- Ostpolitik
Ostpolitik
West Germany ease Cold War tensions through recognition of borders with Eastern European countries
Otto von Bismarck
Prime Minister of Prussia
Paul von Hindenburg
- German military leader during WWI
- President of Germany
- Gave Hitler Power
Article 48
Allowed president of Germany to take emergency actions without asking parliament first
Martin van der Lubbe
- Blamed for setting Reichstag fire
Enabling Act
Gave Hitler power to make laws without asking parliament
National Socialist Underground (NSU)
- Neo-Nazi group in Germany
- Beate Zschape
Reichsburger
- People who reject modern state of Germany
- Rejects government and laws
Frank Walter Steinmeier
CURRENT President of Germany