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Dossier: Germany's Political System

February 12, 2009
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Blick in den Deutschen Bundestag aufgenommen am Mitttwoch, 15. Okt, 2008, in Berlin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) --- An interior view of the German Federal Parliament pictured in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)Image: dpa
Who makes the laws in Germany? How many political parties are there? And what is the chancellor's job? Click on the articles below for more on Germany's political system.
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The dome of the Reichstag in Berlin

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Germany's two houses of parliament, the Bundestag and the Bundesrat, make the country's laws.
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German democracy was born after the Nazi era. It aims to prevent a recurrence of that dark time.
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Angela Merkel is Germany’s current chancellor, the first woman to hold that key political office.
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