Germany Government

Comparison
Ryan Kemerer

Comparison of Leaders
Joachim Gauck
President of Germany.
Joachim Gauck.
Elected Official.
5 year term/Renewable Once.
Open to all Germans who are entitled to vote in

Bundestag elections; must be at least 40 years old;

Must not be a member of the federal government.

Comparison of Leaders
Angela Merkel
Chancellor of Germany.
Angela Merkel.
Appointed Official.
4 year term/Does not have a term limit
German Citizenship, may not hold other offices

during their term, Must be at least 18 years of age.

Comparison of Leaders
President Obama
President of The United States.
Barack Obama.
Elected Official.
4 year term/Can only be in office for 8 years. 2

terms
Must be a natural born citizen, at least 35 years of
age, must have lived in the United States for 14
years.

Comparison to Congress
Germany has a bicameral parliament.
The two chambers are the Bundestag and the

Bundesrat. Both of these chambers can initiate

legislation.
598 seats in the Bundestag.
69 seats in the Bundesrat.
United States has the House of
Representatives=435 Seats; and the Senate=100
Seats.
The United States and Germany have similar
governments compared to each other.

Rights Comparison
Germany has freedom of speech, like the United States.
Germany has freedom of religion, like the United States.
Germany does not have the right to bear arms, unlike the

United States.
Germany has a very strict restriction on guns unlike the
United States where we are allowed to own guns.

Germanys Political Parties

Germany has a multi-party system.
Their government has two major parties, which are

the Social Democratic Party of Germany and the

Christian Democratic Union.
The United States also has a multi-party system
The Democratic party and the Republican party are
the two main parties of the United States.

Social Democratic Party of Germany

According to the party platform, freedom, justice, and

social solidarity, form the basis of social democracy.

Aims at ensuring global peace by balancing global interests
with democratic means.
This party shares a lot of characteristics with the
Democratic party United States.

Christian Democratic Union

Supports a free-market economy and social welfare programs.
Conservative on social issues.
Emerged from the Third Reich.
Germanys most successful political party.
Was founded in 1945 by a group of former Weimar Republic.
This Party shares a lot of the same characteristics with the

Republic party of the United States.

Comparison of Voting and

Qualifications.
The legal age for voting in Germany is 18, like the United States.
Exception of municipal elections where 16-year-olds can vote in

Germany.
Resident for at least three months in Germany are legally entitled
to vote and stand for election in certain German elections.
For the United States you have to be 18 years old and you have
to be a citizen of the United States either natural born or the
naturalization process.

Taxes and Government

Finance
Germany charges and income tax like the United States.
Germany makes money by fishing and also by their natural

resources including coal, natural gas, iron ore, copper,

nickel, and uranium.
United States is number one in military spending and
Germany is close at number seven.
Germany doesnt spend as much money as the United
States does on education.
Germany and United States spend close amount of money
on health care each year.

Germany and United States

Relationship
Today the United States is regarded as one of the

Federal Republic of Germanys closest allies and

partners.
The United States and Germany have become very
good allies even after the wars they have fought
against each other.

Work Cited
http://www.bundestag.de/htdocs_e/
http://www.bundesrat.de/static/Web/EN/Home/homepage_

_node___nnn-true.html
http://www.tatsachen-ueber-deutschland.de/en/politicalsystem/main-content-04/the-bundesrat.html
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/84643/Bundes
rat