les partis en Allemagne

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Allemagne partis système politique Linke

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Germany is a federal parliamentary republic that is based on representative democracy. The Chancellor is the head of government and federal legislative power is vested in the Bunderstag and the Bundesrat. There is a multi-party system that has been dominated by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and their coalitions since 1949. As Oliver Nachtwey and Tim Spier have hinted, the emergence of new parties in Germany seems difficult, given the Institutional System. In fact, parties that get less than 5% of the vote in legislative elections are not represented in the Bundestag. That is why the "Die Linke" party, with 76 seats in the Bundestag, appears to be an exception. In fact, this party, formed by the coalition between the PDS and the WASG in 2005, represents a major opposition force in Germany. However, the party follows a political tradition, close to the emerging SPD. Thus I will show that although the "Die Linke" is perceived as an opposition to the system, it doesn't call into question the institutions. I will therefore link the emergence of the SPD with the "Die Linke" party. Then I will analyze the roles of these parties in relation to the German political system.

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[...] Then I will analyze the roles of these parties in relation to the German political system. The Linke is the result of the coalition of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) and the Electoral Alternative for Labour and Social Justice (WASG). The mass protests in 1989, that forced the dismissal of East German head of state Erich Honecker, also empowered a younger generation of reform politicians in the ruling Socialist Unity Party of East Germany. Reformers like politician Hans Modrow, Attorney Gregor Gysi soon began to reconstruct the political profile of the party. [...]

[...] We may also doubt that this party is truly a reform party. Indeed the very fact that a coalition between two parties exists institutionally is already a way of accepting the system in place. Today, the party trys to attract and represent most of social groups. The goal of the party is not to make its program a triumph but it is to continue to exist constitutionally. The WASG and the PDS could have chosen to exist individually. They preferred an alliance to have seats in the Bundstag. [...]

[...] Die Linkspartei im dt. Sys. Germany is a federal parliamentary republic that is based on representative democracy. The Chancellor is the head of government and federal legislative power is vested in the Bunderstag and the Bundesrat. There is a multi-party system that has been dominated by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and their coalitions since 1949. As Oliver Nachtwey and Tim Spier have hinted, the emergence of new parties in Germany seems difficult, given the Institutional System. [...]

[...] According to the pact, the parties did not compete against each another in any district. Instead, WASG candidates (including the former SPD leader, Oskar Lafontaine) were nominated on the PDS electoral list. To symbolize the new relationship, the PDS changed its name to The Left Party PDS (Linkspartei PDS) or simply The Left PDS, with the letters "PDS" optional in western states where many voters still regarded the Party of Democratic Socialism with suspicion. The alliance benefited from a strong electoral base in the east and the increasing number of potential voters for WASG in the west. [...]

[...] Alliance with the SPD would have to prove that the German system can only exist in a against-nature way and in a convergence of ideas and economic policies. In conclusion, the party Die Linke history may be associated with the SPD one in the positioning as an opposition force. The party has also chosen to be institutional and not to oppose the system. In France, the same diagram is set up with Mélenchon and the "front left", which calls itself the “true” left of the Socialist Party. [...]