Germany in the World Midterm Exam

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