Germany
Head of State:Federal President Joachim Gauck
Head of Government:Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel
Federal Assembly (Bundestag):622 members
Last election:Legislative, 27 September 2009
Next election:Legislative, due by October 2013
Parliamentary elections
| Party | Description | Votes % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDU/CSU - The Christian Democratic Union | Christian Democrat | 33,8 | 239 |
| SPD - The Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social Democrat | 23,0 | 146 |
| FDP - Free Democrats | Liberal | 14,6 | 93 |
| Linke/PDS - The Left | Communist | 11,9 | 76 |
| B90/GRÜ - Alliance '90/The Greens | Ecologist | 10,7 | 68 |
EP elections
Germany elects 99 representatives to the European Parliament. The electoral system is based on proportional representation. In the elections to the European Parliament on 7 June 2009, Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), together with it's sister party, CSU, won 37.85 percent of the vote, down from 44.51 percent in the 2004 EP election...[read more..]
