Table of Contents The emergence of Green parties in Europe: The Greening of Europe Begins The Guiding Principles Greens on the EU Main Political Issues of German Greens Current Situation in Germany Bibliography The Greening of Europe Begins The Green movement as an electoral force is young. ... The German Greens are generally regarded as the Mother of all Green parties, although they are not the oldest or the first Green Party to enter national parliament. ... Greens on the European Union Just before the EU launched its Inter-governmental Conference in March 1996, the Coun...

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Like the nationalistic unification of Italy and Germany. ... It stated that each state had its own government but the king was the leader of the confederation. ... The south German states agreed to join the German Empire and William I was declared the emperor of Germany. ... Eventually the conflict calmed down and there were mass political organizations and public participation in government. ... New parliaments were created and eventually there was a working government and Austria ov...

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Destruction was particularly great in Germany. ... To alleviate distress, the American and British Governments had decided immediately after the termination of hostilities to supply their Occupation Zones in Germany with food, seeds, fertilizer, medicines and fuel. ... This program of aid, called the "GARIOA Program" (Government and Relief in Occupied Areas), covered part of the urgent import needs. ... Marshall took part as the new Secretary of State, convinced the American Government of the need to counter the advance of communism. ... Government as a proposal (Hemmling, H D). ...

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Once a new government was established it was already set to fail. ... It did not help that the government was often in paralyzing standstills and could not get a whole lot done. ... (Bergan, 45) With hyperinflation decimating the German Mark it caused more stress on the populus and further feeded their hatred for their new government. ... With the help of the United States government, the German economy started to stabilize. ... As stated earlier, the judicial system was unchanged during the Weimar Republic's take over of the government. ...

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German Economy was close to a complete collapse; the nation was full of poverty and dissatisfaction; the concerns in German society about moral decay and the spread of crime grew rapidly. ... In doing so, the Nazi government destroyed the voice of these minority groups to the public. ... The familiar styles of the cartoonist were employed in these works to incite hatred and disgust on the ordinary Germans toward Jews and Gypsies. ... In order to completely annihilate the "Jewish and Gypsies plague," special government agencies were set up to control the population of the minority race groups...

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Germany, honoring its pact with Austria, declared war on Russia and her ally, France. When Germany invaded Belgium in early August 1914, Great Britain honored her commitments to Belgium and France and declared war on Germany. ... He is no longer Paul - or even a German, for that matter - he is simply a soldier. ... Paul relates to the reader that even the German parents were quick to use the word "coward- if their children refused to join the infantry. ... Remarque also displays the feelings of confusion and contempt held by the soldiers, who feel as though they have been wronged not by th...

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Further, traditional German nationalism exhibits marked chauvinism. After unification in 1871, German nationalism developed a chauvinistic character with the emergence of groups such as the Pan-German league, which campaigned for closer ties with German speaking Austria and for a German empire, Germany's "place in the sun." Pan-Germanism was expansionist and aggressive due to how it envisaged the creation of a German dominated Europe and the way in which it was done. German chauvinism found its highest expression in the racialist and anti-semitic doctrines developed by the Nazis. ... ...

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As the Serbians denied this request, it is believed by some historians that the young operatives sent to kill Ferdinand were not only nationalistic students but also as scapegoats used by the Serbian government to carry out their dirty work. ... Britain and Germany both developed interest in the area for the same reasons. ... The German Kaiser was extremely envious of Britain for having a larger navy than that of Germany's and ordered the production of new Dreadnought-class battleships. ... The Germans were sticking to a prior plan known as the Shlieffen plan. which involved Germany g...

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Louis XIV ruled France with absolute power and the German starting seeing themselves more collectively as Germans rather than Bavarians, Prussians or any other German region. ... These new political ideas developed out the medieval feudal Europe and led to political factions, revolutions and class struggles leading to new government and leaders. Nationalism was at its peak in European nations such as France and Germany in the 18th and 19th century. ... German nationalism in the led to the unification of Germany in 1871. ... The Nazi regime in Germany used expansionist nationalism during their ...

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This, however, was not enough to cool down the German. ... This forces the US government to conduct a recruitment exercise. With such a high demand for servicemen, the US government had to siphon them from the members of the community to make up civil soldiers. ... In Europe, Germans were trampling on every place they stepped. In 1945, the Soviet Union halted German triumph. ...

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It resulted in the Government collecting $10 billion from the country's, which took them. ... At that time, the economy of Germany was capitalist one, 1933. ... In 1938, Hitler announced his intention of uniting all German-speaking people to form German Empire (May, 1973). In 1939, Germany invaded Czechoslovakia known now as the Czech Republic. ... To respect the right of all people to choose the type government they want and which they will like to live underneath. ...

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The conservative leaders, mainly those from the United Kingdom, South Korea, and Germany, voted in favor of austerity. ... In direct opposition to the conservatives were the liberal-minded governments, including Argentina, Brazil, and France. According to them, the Germans' plan for austerity would push struggling countries even further into financial troubles. ... In return for their large contribution, Germany requested cutbacks from aid recipients such as Greece, which have made it even harder on their citizens. ... However, it ambiguously allows for governments to "take into accou...

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The Germans felt that it was the Jews fault for them losing WWI. ... Newspapers printed lies that the Jews were conspiring to overthrow any form of legitimate government. ... Hitler and the Nazi's transformed the fears, impulses, and dissatisfaction of the German masses into a subservient political machine, capable of systematic persecution and murder. ...

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The Germans felt that it was the Jews fault for them losing WWI. ... Newspapers printed lies that the Jews were conspiring to overthrow any form of legitimate government. ... Hitler and the Nazi's transformed the fears, impulses, and dissatisfaction of the German masses into a subservient political machine, capable of systematic persecution and murder. ...

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The problem for Germany was political because Russia were able to mobilize faster without economic worries Germany an economic powerhouse was in danger of being out spent. ... The threat of a British blockade which would starve the Germany economy became a looming threat towards Germany and therefore the prevention of this was necessary. ... The naval race between Britain and Germany generate huge public support on each side. ... referring to the number of dreadnoughts they wanted the government to build. ... The Growth of Germany is an important factor in the reason for the outbreak of war in...

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The centre is Hungary and from there they go to apply for asylum mostly in Germany, Austria and France. ... During this time ten thousand Kosovars migrated to Germany, they were treated there like asylum seekers. About three hundred thousand Kosovars live in Germany now. ... They also protested about Trepca mine, which the government was trying to privatize. ... Mostly Germany and France bought them. ...

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As I write this, Germany has taken in over half a million refugees, leading the European numbers by several hundreds of thousands. ... Germany is the golden boy of Europe right now, but other countries have taken a unempathetic and xenophobic approach. ... Many refugees need to go through Hungary on their way to Germany, but Hungary is, for some reason, making it difficult for them. Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, the UN high commissioner for human rights (also the first Muslim to hold the post), is highly critical of the Hungarian Governments treatment of the refugees. ... We can just hope that...

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Ironically, nations such as Germany (even though it wasn't called Germany back then) used nationalism as a stance against Napoleon's unstoppable power. Before Napoleon came into play, Germany was not even close to being unified, but when he stepped in, all of the German states had a common enemy thus giving them reason to unify. ... He saw his supposed "conquering" as "building a federation of free peoples in a Europe united under a liberal government." ... He wrote up many constitutions, created the Napoleonic code, made a more stable, controlled government, and encouraged education...

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For instance by the end of the war German soldiers were being feed with food made of mostly fill ins which caused many to become sick5. Before the war German food consumption per person was 3500 calories per day, by the end of the war because of rationing it was down to 1200 calories per day and some food was cut off from the population all together6. ... By the end of the war Germany had 80% of eligible men mobilized and even sent the wounded back out to the frontline to help in the war effort. ... For instance before the war women made up about 3% of people working in government establish...

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Spain, central and southern Italy, the northern coast of Germany, the Adriatic coast of modern Croatia and the Grand Duchy of Warsaw were some of the conquered areas that experienced none of the benefits that were felt in parts of western Europe annexed to France which included much of western Germany and north-western Italy, as well as all of modern Belgium. ... Whatever new land he conquered, he adopted the religion of that land in order to gain the acceptance of the general population. " Religion is useful for the governments of every country. ... Under Napoleon's government, p...

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And even still today, we can see the origins of feudalism throughout our system of government worldwide. ... From France, feudalism spread to the major European countries including Spain, Italy, Scandinavia, Germany England, and the Slavic countries.ii Ultimately, people, land, and relationships were the most basic ingredients of feudalism. ... Feudalism-a system that came about because of the decentralization of government-ended up discouraging unified government almost entirely. ... But this system did seem to set the stage for the establishment of a differentiation between local government ...

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His grandfather was a German noble named Charles Martel. ... German in heritage, he was strong of body and wit. ... Charlemagne was a firm believer that the government should be for the good of the governed. ... He knew that the no matter how many improvements Charlemagne made he would never be respected or feared only because he was a German king. ...

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The State System in this arena was affected by Industrial Revolution, representative governments, political changes, growth of international law, emergence of international organization, economic interdependence, revolution in the means of transport and communication. ... Prussia got part of Poland and various German territories. ... This war helped Germany to replace France as a major power and also due to Bismarck diplomacy the Austria was replaced by Italy as major power. ... Germany, Italy and Australia formed triple alliance 1882 in order to maintain status of quo of 1871. ...

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Germany and the US Both Germany and the United States industrialized quickly in the last half of the 1800s. ... Russia Russia was the slowest major European nation to industrialize, due to its autocratic government and the fact that the majority of its people were serfs tied to the land. Additionally, there was no entrepreneurial class to start industrialization. despite that, the government freed the serfs and encouraged industry in the latter half of the 1800s. ...

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The conflicting religious ideologies of the 16th century nearly destroyed France and sparked murderous conflict in the Netherlands and Germany. ... We have already had one example of absolutism: the only time in which the English lived under a government which the absolutists craved was after the beheading of Charles I and under the dictatorship of Cromwell. ... The people are sovereign and that government officials must serve as their delegates, but at same time, in order to take part in society, the people must subjugate their individual wills to the general will. ... She came to the t...

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