Angela Merkel became leader of the Christian Democratic Union in after a party funding scandal that tainted her long-time mentor, former Chancellor Helmut Kohl. She was born in Hamburg in but grew up in communist East Germany, where her father was a Protestant clergyman. President: Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was elected federal president in February , succeeding Joachim Gauck.
A Social Democrat, Mr Steinmeier enjoyed the support of Chancellor Angela Merkel's "grand coalition" of centre-right and centre-left parties. In his acceptance speech, he pledged to stand up to the rising trend of xenophobic populism, and promote inter-communal dialogue and democracy. This became all the more topical in September, when the anti-migrant Alternative for Germany broke through to become the first hard-right party to win seats in parliament since the Second World War.
Germany's competitive television market is the largest in Europe, with more than 38 million TV households. Regional and national public broadcasters vie for audiences with powerful commercial operators. Germans are avid newspaper readers and the non-tabloid press is a trusted news source. Internet use is near-universal.
Facebook is the most popular social network,. Some key dates in Germany history:. Germany is defeated and becomes a republic. Berlin Wall is torn down. Meet the neighbours: Life in Germany. Following the murder of the Third Secretary of the German Embassy in Paris by a Polish Jew whose parents had been forcibly deported from Germany in October , the Nazi Party orchestrated a nationwide pogrom against the German Jewish community during the night of November Wilson , on November 15 for consultation and did not dispatch another ambassador to take his place.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull that he had been recalled to Germany. The German Government announced on December 11, , that it had severed diplomatic relations and declared war on the United States. On October 19, , the U. Congress passed a Joint Resolution declaring that the state of war that had existed between the United States and Germany since December 11, , was terminated upon the enactment of the aforementioned resolution. Following the German surrender to the Allied powers on May 8, , Germany was occupied and divided into four zones.
In , the United States and Great Britain merged their zones. High Commissioner, presented his credentials as the first U. Ambassador to the FRG. In response to the improvement of relations between the two German governments, representatives of the United States and GDR negotiated arrangements for U.
Grove, Jr. John Sherman Cooper presented his credentials as the first U. Ambassador to the GDR on December 20, Despite this step taken to deal with the reality of the German situation, the United States continued until German reunification in to view the FRG as the sole legitimate successor government of the historical German state and a future reunified Germany. On September 25, , President George H.
Bush submitted the treaty for ratification, and the U. Senate obliged unanimously on October The treaty finally went into effect on March 15, This initiative was termed the unification of Germany because it became a national state with well-integrated political and administrative arms. Bismarck fought to further consolidate Germans by promoting socialism. His tenure ended in when he was forced to resign, having opposed the conflicting rule of the new young and ambitious emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II.
The German empire fell in following the German Revolution. East Germany was a dictatorship state while West Germany exercised a parliamentary democracy. The definition of Germany as a country is used in three senses.
The first date is when Germany was recognized as a region, on February 2nd, AD.
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