The FRG political system.
- Created by: Amelia Louise Harris
- Created on: 03-04-16 19:27
View mindmap
- The FRG 1945-1991
- Bonn.
- Adenauer's home town
- Bonn was described as "a symbol of conspicuous modesty"
- Sturmer claimed that Churchill wanted Germany to "be like a turkey, fat and important"
- in the British zone.
- Adenauer
- Elected in August 1949, following the first free elections
- Adenauer was President for 14 years.
- Basic Law and safeguards
- The new constitution allowed freedom of:
- Speech
- Assembly
- Association
- Movement
- Citizenship
- granted to everyone of German decent
- Those fleeing to the FRG were given citizenship immediately
- The right to live, work, gain an education and claim benefits
- Around Three million people did this between 1949 and 1961.
- The right to live, work, gain an education and claim benefits
- the new system was more representative than partcipatory
- Basic law was created in the summer of 1948
- The constitution was adopted in May 1949
- The new constitution allowed freedom of:
- Speech
- Assembly
- Association
- Movement
- The new constitution allowed freedom of:
- it was only meant to be temporary
- it was a federal state
- me,bers of the lower chamber (the Bundestag) were elected by a complex voting system
- Combined principles of proportional representation with first past the post
- 5% hurdle stopped extremist groups gaining seats
- No political party was allowed that was not committed to upholding democracy
- Far right or left parties were banned
- President not directly elected by the people
- Chancellors supported by the president with the approval of parliment
- The new constitution allowed freedom of:
- Political parties and elections
- Political parties
- The CDU/ CSU
- Made up predominantly of conservative Christians
- Previously belonged to the Centre party.
- After the war they set out to be the party that supported capitalism with a human face
- Their original programme, the Ahlen programme was abandoned in 1957 as it was too traditional
- they then became the middle of the road conservatives.
- The SPD
- A mixture of Marxist socialism and working class movements
- they realised they couldn't hold onto past traditions if they hopped to get into government
- Bonn 1959, they set out their new vision of combining social justice, individual freedom and and a regulated capitalist democracy
- Known as the Bad Godburg rhetoric
- denounced Marxism
- Known as the Bad Godburg rhetoric
- The FDP
- Formed December 1948
- made up of an amalgamation of liberal parties
- Championed the rights of big businesses and individual liberal freedoms
- it balanced the power of the two major parties
- held a lot of power in foreign policy
- The KPD
- Banned in 1956 by the federal constitutional court
- they had been deemed undemocratic
- The SRP
- banned in 1951 for being an extremist group
- essentially a fascist party
- The BHE
- League of refuges and expelees
- represented those who had fled
- The CDU/ CSU
- The elections
- 1949
- CDU got less than a third of the votes
- had to form a coalition with FDP
- 1953
- Adenauer's position as Foreign affairs minister and his success made their vote increase.
- he chose to run a coalition government
- BHE minister For Refugees and Expelees, Theador Oberland was included.
- Controversial as he had played a significant role in Hitler's racist policies up until 1945
- Forced to resign in 1960 following GDR accusations of war crimes
- Controversial as he had played a significant role in Hitler's racist policies up until 1945
- 1957
- Received 50% of the vote following major success
- Adenauer gained a reputation as a resourceful politician
- His election slogan was "no experiments"
- 1961
- Vote declined slightly.
- Adenauer was 85, beginning to lose his grip
- now only Two major parties left with he FDP just keeping the balance
- both major parities were now seen as middle ground capitalists with a human face.
- Grand coalition in 1966. CDU + SPD
- from 1969 Coalition between SPD and FDP
- 1949
- Political parties
- Political stability
- Adenauer's stability and coalition
- Adenauer rehabilitated and used experienced former Nazis
- official easing of Denazification
- Strong anti-communist feeling of the 1950's
- reconstruction of towns and cities
- integrating refugees and expelees immediately
- Compensating Nazi Victims
- welfare reforms
- re-militerisation
- Foreign policy
- Economic growth
- Bonn.
Comments
No comments have yet been made