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1.   Jutta Limbach Opens the Exhibition "Fifty Years of the Basic Law" (April 29, 1999)
To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Basic....
Jutta Limbach Opens the Exhibition "Fifty Years of the Basic Law" (April 29, 1999)
2.   Domestic Security: Video Surveillance at Potsdam's Central Train Station (December 18, 2001)
In a pilot project launched in 2001, the state of Brandenburg installed video surveillance cameras in public spaces in four areas with high crime rates, Bernau, Rathenow, Erkner, and Potsdam. After....
Domestic Security: Video Surveillance at Potsdam's Central Train Station (December 18, 2001)
3.   Domestic Security: Digital Passport (March 18, 2004)
The 2004 CeBIT trade fair for the IT industry showcased a number of e-government projects on the city, regional [Land], and federal levels. In a speech delivered there, Federal Interior Minister....
Domestic Security: Digital Passport (March 18, 2004)
4.   FDP Campaign: "Freedom instead of Socialism" (July 18, 2005)
In the lead-up to the 2005 Bundestag elections, the FDP chose a slogan that the CDU had already used back in 1976: “Freedom instead of socialism.” The party's goal was to emphasize the polarization....
FDP Campaign: "Freedom instead of Socialism" (July 18, 2005)
5.   The PDS Votes on its Name (July 23, 2005)
To protest the labor market and social welfare reforms called for in Gerhard Schröder’s “Agenda....
The PDS Votes on its Name (July 23, 2005)
6.   Right-Wing Extremist Parties Present their Campaign Posters for the 2005 Bundestag Elections (August 4, 2005)
The Munich publisher Gerhard Frey (left) founded the German People’s Union [Deutsche Volksunion or DVU] as an association in 1971. In 1987, the association reconstituted itself as a political....
Right-Wing Extremist Parties Present their Campaign Posters for the 2005 Bundestag Elections (August 4, 2005)
7.   Election Posters: Gerhard Schröder and Angela Merkel (August 23, 2005)
In the spring of 2005, the SPD suffered a disastrous defeat in the parliamentary [Landtag] elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, which had been an SPD stronghold for decades. In May, Chancellor....
Election Posters: Gerhard Schröder and Angela Merkel (August 23, 2005)
8.   Gregor Gysi and Oskar Lafontaine (September 10, 2005)
On June 10, 2005, the left-wing alliance formed by the Left Party/PDS and the WASG [Wahlalternative für Arbeit und soziale Gerechtigkeit or Electoral Alternative for Labor and Social Justice]....
Gregor Gysi and Oskar Lafontaine (September 10, 2005)
9.   Prospects for Political Coalitions (September 20, 2005)
For all intents and purposes, the 2005 Bundestag elections ended in a draw, since there was no clear majority for either a CDU/CSU-FDP coalition or a SPD-Green government. The media speculated about....
Prospects for Political Coalitions (September 20, 2005)
10.   Oldenburg Party Conference: The Greens Seek a New Role in the Opposition (October 15, 2005)
With the formation of the Grand Coalition, the Greens were forced into the opposition, once again, after seven years in the federal government. Shortly thereafter, the party suffered another blow....
Oldenburg Party Conference: The Greens Seek a New Role in the Opposition (October 15, 2005)
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