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Leni Breymaier
Leni Breymaier (born 26 April 1960) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Life and political career Breymaier was born in 1960 in Ulm and became an SPD member in 1982. From 2016 until 2018, Breymaier served as chairwoman of the SPD in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, succeeding Nils Schmid. Member of the German Parliament, 2017–present Breymaier has been a member of the German Bundestag since the 2017 elections, elected on the SPD party list for Baden-Württemberg. In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the elections, she was part of the working group on municipalities and rural areas, led by Reiner Haseloff, Kurt Gribl and Michael Groschek. Breymaier has since been serving on the Committee on Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, where she is her parliamentary group's rapporteur on demographic transition, pensions, and forced prostitution. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundestag
The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The Bundestag was established by Title III of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (, ) in 1949 as one of the legislative bodies of Germany and thus it is the historical successor to the earlier Reichstag. The members of the Bundestag are representatives of the German people as a whole, are not bound by any orders or instructions and are only accountable to their electorate. The minimum legal number of members of the Bundestag (german: link=no, Mitglieder des Bundestages) is 598; however, due to the system of overhang and leveling seats the current 20th Bundestag has a total of 736 members, making it the largest Bundestag to date and the largest freely elected national parliamentary chamber in the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prostitution
Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in Sex work, sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, non-penetrative sex, oral sex, etc.) with the customer. The requirement of physical contact Prostitution#Medical situation, also creates the risk of transferring diseases. Prostitution is sometimes described as sexual services, commercial sex or, colloquially, hooking. It is sometimes referred to euphemistically as "the world's oldest profession" in the English-speaking world. A person who works in this field is called a prostitute, or more inclusively, a sex worker. Prostitution occurs in a variety of forms, and prostitution law, its legal status varies from Prostitution by country, country to country (sometimes from region to region within a given country), ranging from being an enforced or unenforced crime, to unregulated, to a regulated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 German Federal Election
Federal elections in Germany, Federal elections were held in Germany on 26 September 2021 to elect the members of the List of members of the 20th Bundestag, 20th Bundestag. States of Germany, State elections in 2021 Berlin state election, Berlin and 2021 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern were also held. Incumbent chancellor Angela Merkel, first elected in 2005 German federal election, 2005, chose not to run again, marking the first time that an incumbent Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany has not sought re-election. With 25.7% of total votes, the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) recorded their best result since 2005, and emerged as the largest party for the first time since 2002 German federal election, 2002. The ruling CDU/CSU, which had led a Grand coalition (Germany), grand coalition with the SPD since 2013 German federal election, 2013, recorded their worst ever result with 24.1%, a significant decline from 32.9% in 2017 German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Democratic Party (Germany)
The Free Democratic Party (german: link=no, Freie Demokratische Partei; FDP, ) is a liberal political party in Germany. The FDP was founded in 1948 by members of former liberal political parties which existed in Germany before World War II, namely the German Democratic Party and the German People's Party. For most of the second half of the 20th century, the FDP held the balance of power in the Bundestag. It has been a junior coalition partner to both the CDU/CSU (1949–1956, 1961–1966, 1982–1998 and 2009–2013) and Social Democratic Party of Germany (1969–1982, 2021–presenter). In the 2013 federal election, the FDP failed to win any directly elected seats in the Bundestag and came up short of the 5 percent threshold to qualify for list representation, being left without representation in the Bundestag for the first time in its history. In the 2017 federal election, the FDP regained its representation in the Bundestag, receiving 10.6% of the vote. After the 2021 fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alliance 90/The Greens
Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (formed in East Germany in 1990). The Greens had itself merged with the East German Green Party after German reunification in 1990. Since January 2022, Ricarda Lang and Omid Nouripour have been co-leaders of the party. It currently holds 118 of the 736 seats in the Bundestag, having won 14.8% of votes cast in the 2021 German federal election, 2021 federal election, and its parliamentary group is the third largest of six. Its parliamentary co-leaders are Britta Haßelmann and Katharina Dröge. The Greens have been part of the federal government during two periods: first as a junior partner to the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democrats (SPD) from 1998 to 2005, and again with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliamentary Left
The Parlamentarische Linke ( en, Parliamentary Left, abbreviated ''PL'') is a platform within the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)'s Bundestag group. As of 2022, 96 of the group's 206 members belong to the Parliamentary Left, making it the largest of the three extant platforms in the SPD group, alongside the Seeheimer Kreis and Berlin Network. The Parliamentary Left represents social democratic positions within the party. The platform has three speakers: Matthias Miersch, Sönke Rix and Wiebke Esdar. Elisabeth Kaiser is the platform treasurer. Other prominent members include SPD group chairman Rolf Mützenich and party co-leader Saskia Esken. Profile The Parliamentary Left describes itself as "an association of social democratic members of the Bundestag". It represents the left wing of the Social Democratic Party, "advoca ingfor freedom, equality and social progress". Their principles are essentially based on the party program that existed until the 1990s. To this en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Warken
Nina Warken (born 15 May 1979) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2013. Political career Warken first became member of the Bundestag after the 2013 German federal election. She lost her seat in the 2017 German federal election, but was the first in line if a Member for Baden-Württemberg resigned. This happened on 23 November 2018, when Stephan Harbarth was elected President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. She took her seat on 5 December 2018. In parliament, Warken has served on the Committee on Internal Affairs (2013-2017; since 2020), the Committee on European Affairs (2018), and the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection (since 2018). Since 2022, she has also been serving on the parliamentary body in charge of appointing judges to the Highest Courts of Justice, namely the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), the Federal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Fechner
Johannes Fechner (born 25 November 1975) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2013. Political career Fechner became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election. He has since been a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection. Since 2014, he has been serving as his parliamentary group's spokesperson on legal affairs. Fechner has also served on its Subcommittee on European Affairs (2014-2017), the Committee for the Scrutiny of Elections, Immunity and the Rules of Procedure (2014-2017) and the Committee for the Scrutiny of Acoustic Surveillance of the Private Home (since 2018). In 2018, he joined the parliamentary body in charge of appointing judges to the Highest Courts of Justice, namely the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), the Federal Administrative Court (BVerwG), the Federal Fiscal Court (BFH), the Federal Labour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Social Court Of Germany
The Federal Social Court (''Bundessozialgericht'') is the German federal court of appeals for social security cases, mainly cases concerning the public health insurance, long-term care insurance, pension insurance and occupational accident insurance schemes. Trial courts for these cases are the ''Sozialgerichte'' (Social Courts). Appeals against decisions of these courts are heard by the ''Landessozialgerichte'' (Superior State Social Courts), before the cases may wind up at the ''Bundessozialgericht''. The ''Bundessozialgericht'' is located in the city of Kassel. History The Federal Social Court was founded on September 11, 1954 and its first session was on March 23, 1955. Function The Federal Social court hears appeals against decisions of the Landessozialgerichte (Superior State Social Courts) or in special circumstances against decisions of the Sozialgerichte. Organisation The Chambers of the Federal Social Court are called ''Senat''. They each consist of 3 Judges an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Labour Court Of Germany
The Federal Labour Court (''Bundesarbeitsgericht'') is the court of the last resort for cases of labour law in Germany, both for individual labour law (mostly concerning contracts of employment) and collective labour law (e.g. cases concerning strikes and collective bargaining). The court hears cases from the ''Landesarbeitsgerichte'' (Superior State Labour Courts), which, in turn, are the courts of appeals against decisions of the ''Arbeitsgerichte'' (Inferior State Labour Courts). The ''Bundesarbeitsgericht'' is located in the city of Erfurt. External links * Erfurt Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ... Courts in Germany Labour courts German labour law Labor in Germany 1954 establishments in West Germany Courts and tribunals established in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Finance Court Of Germany
The Federal Fiscal Court (''Bundesfinanzhof'') is one of five federal supreme courts of Germany, established according to Article 95 of the Basic Law. It is the federal court of appeal for tax and customs matters in cases which have already been heard by the subordinate instance, namely the Finance Courts. The ''Federal Fiscal Court'' was established in 1950 (succeeding the supreme Finance Court of the German Reich - ''Reichsfinanzhof'' - established in 1918). Its seat is in Munich. BFinanzhof Muenchen-01.jpg, ''Federal Fiscal Court Building'' in Munich External links Official homepage {{DEFAULTSORT:Federal Finance Court Of Germany |
Federal Administrative Court Of Germany
The Federal Administrative Court (german: Bundesverwaltungsgericht, ) is one of the five federal supreme courts of Germany. It is the court of the last resort for generally all cases of administrative law, mainly disputes between citizens and the state. It hears appeals from the ''Oberverwaltungsgerichte'', or Superior Administrative Courts, which, in turn, are the courts of appeals for decisions of the ''Verwaltungsgerichte'' (administrative courts). However, cases concerning social security law belong to the jurisdiction of the ''Sozialgerichte'' (Social Courts) with the Bundessozialgericht as federal court of appeals, and cases of tax and customs law are decided by the ''Finanzgerichte'' (Finance Courts), and, ultimately, by the Bundesfinanzhof. The ''Bundesverwaltungsgericht'' has its seat at the former Reichsgericht (Imperial Court of Justice) building in Leipzig's district Mitte. Previous judges *Everhardt Franßen, 1991–2002 External links *Official homepage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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