How the German Government Works

Ever wondered how exactly the government of Germany works? Well whether or not you have, here's a roughly 8-minutes explanation of how the system works in Germany.

MUSIC:
"Das Deutschlandlied" (Nat'l Anthem of Germany)
"The Wild West" by Ross Bugden

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📖 SOURCES:
*Just because I have sources doesn't mean my research in infallible. Though I aim for as much accuracy as I can manage, there are likely some facts I have gotten wrong.

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[KhAnubis]

This is the pinned comment I talked about in the disclaimer which will house all the corrections I will probably need to make to this video, so here they are:

0:34 - Obvious typo, meant to say "Bundesrepublik" not "Bundlesrepublik"
3:38 - Every *four* years a federal election is run. State elections (at least in most states) are every five years

[DeutschlandMapping]

Ladies and Gentleman I present to you a rarity: An American who is able to pronounce German words!

[TheInternationalHistorian]

You only did this to flex your German pronouncing abilities didn't you.

[asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw]

It's quite interesting as a European how you need to explain what a coalition is to your mostly American audience. America really works in odd ways compared to Europe, even Europe's republics.

[LiveFreeOrDieDH]

For anyone confused by some of the labels at 5:38 -
"Federal Diet" = Bundestag
"Federal Council" = Bundesrat

[chrissytheconqueror]

KhAnubis: *posts this video*
Me, a german student: *nice, finally something about my country's government that I understand and can now use in politics exams. 👌🏻

[chrissytheconqueror]

KhAnubis: *talks about how things like schools, law enforcement and healthcare are things that the federal government shouldn't be bothered with*
Germans, having been in a fight over what government should run these services, federal or state, for about 40 years:
"It's settled, then."

[huenoiflo]

Ehm. No. The federal election is every four years. Not every five.
The elections, which are every five years, are the state elections.

[Kamarovsky_KCM]

Ah yes, that little place next to the powerful metropolis of Slubice.

[passico]

I learned more in this 8 Minutes Then in my German politics lessons

[jackmara]

Some interesting facts:
1.) Schleswig Holstein is the only state with an exeption for the 5% rule. The party of the danish minority has guarateed seats.

2.) States have the right to reunite with another state if the population agrees in a referendum. It happened yet two times. But a seperation is prohibited. Frankonia tried the secession of Bavaria and Oldenburg from Niedersachsen.

3.) After 378 years of seperation the allies formed again one Hesse (Hesse-Nassau + People's State Hesse). But the terretorries right of the Rhein were used to form the state Rheinland-Palatinate. The city of Mainz lost some of there quarters like Mainz-Kastel. But they still plan to reunite one day. As a consequence both don't name their streets equal. In case that they'll form again one city.

[Exodon]

6:58 small misconception about the Federal Convention: It consists of the Entire Bundestag, appointed Representatives of the State governments and on top of it all each Bundestag Faction also receives a proportional amount of additional mandates they are free to hand out to "ordinary" people at their own discretion. Usually you'll find a mix of Celebrities, Intellectuals and Journalists within this group.

[chrissytheconqueror]

5:14 Careful there: they need 5% to get a seat in parliament, so the legislature. This doesn't necessarily mean that that would get to form a government together with others.

[HomieBox]

You and rewboss should really do a collab.

[silphonym]

Have to say, I'm officially impressed. You explained it exactly how I learned it in high school here in Germany.

[HomieBox]

These types of videos are amazing! Keep making more of them (if you want to, of course)!

[cerjmedia]

You narrated all the Bundesländer except for the one I was born in and currently live in, RIP (It's fine lol, I'd probably do the same with all the U.S. states. And you explained my country pretty well!)

[hurricane]

Thanks! This was really clear, and I learned more from this than the last almost-10 years of living here...

[BlackWater_]

3:39 Every FOUR years there's a federal election not every five years.

[ThePhilNews]

Why am I watching this video about my government, eventhough I learned everything about that every single year in school? I don't know. Though I highly appreciate the pronunciation of the german names.
Hats off to a good video.