Advances would first be made at the state level, and the party first won seats in the Bundestag, (the lower house of the German parliament), in 1983. ... The government experienced a crisis as some Green Members of Parliament refused to back the government's plan of sending soldiers to help with the 2001 U.S. ...
According to the Prussian constitution, the parliament had neither the power to initiate legislation (unlike Canada's parliament which does have this power), nor reject legislation brought forth by the king or his ministers (the executive). ... (Pretty powerless parliament, eh alliteration face?) ... Withholding money was the only weapon the parliament had. ... Unwilling to surrender to parliament, Wilhelm handed the reigns of domestic policy making to Biz when Biz suggested that he would bring royal government to victory over the supremacy of parliament. ... His position was external...
Countries like the US and Canada have been allowing these types of immigration for years and are ahead of the Germans by almost a decade in policy. ... (Cia.gov, 1999) Germany's unemployment rate is rather high compared to other countries such as Great Britain, Unites States, and Canada at 9.8% and rising very slowly. ... The Federal Assembly and equal members of each state parliament elect the president to 5-year terms, while the Federal Assembly elects the Chancellor to 4-year terms. ... GDP for 2001 in Germany was $1,873,854,000.00 and GNP (now referred to globally as GNI) was $1,...
