Editing Politics of Germany (section)

==Constitution==
{{Main|Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany}}
[[File:Bundestag_elected_members,_2005.svg|thumb|Seats in the Bundestag after the 2005 elections: {{legend|#8C3473|[[:en:The Left (Germany)|The Left]]: 54 seats}} {{legend|#EB001F|[[:en:Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]: 222 seats}} {{legend|#58AB27|[[:en:Alliance 90/The Greens|The Greens]]: 51 seats}} {{legend|#FFED00|[[:en:Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]: 61 seats}} {{legend|#000000|[[:en:Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]: 180 seats}} {{legend|#0188CA|[[:en:Christian Social Union in Bavaria|CSU]]: 46 seats}}]]
[[File:2009_German_federal_election_-_composition_chart.svg|thumb|Seats in the Bundestag after the 2009 elections: {{legend|#BE3075|[[:en:The Left (Germany)|The Left]]: 76 seats}} {{legend|#EB001F|[[:en:Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]: 146 seats}} {{legend|#64A12D|[[:en:Alliance 90/The Greens|The Greens]]: 68 seats}} {{legend|#FFED00|[[:en:Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]: 93 seats}} {{legend|#000000|[[:en:Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]: 194 seats}} {{legend|#008AC5|[[:en:Christian Social Union in Bavaria|CSU]]: 45 seats}}]]
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Seats in the Bundestag after the 2013 elections:{{legend|#bf2c76|[[:en:The Left (Germany)|The Left]]: 64 seats}} {{legend|#ec0019|[[:en:Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]: 193 seats}} {{legend|#64a329|[[:en:Alliance 90/The Greens|The Greens]]: 63 seats}} {{legend|#000000|[[:en:Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]: 255 seats}}{{legend|#0078b4|[[:en:Christian Social Union in Bavaria|CSU]]: 56 seats}}]]
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Seats in the Bundestag after the 2017 elections:{{legend|#BE3075|[[:en:The Left (Germany)|The Left]]: 69 seats}} {{legend|#EB001F|[[:en:Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]: 153 seats}} {{legend|#64A12D|[[:en:Alliance 90/The Greens|The Greens]]: 67 seats}} {{legend|#FFED00|[[:en:Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]: 80 seats}} {{legend|#000000|[[:en:Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]: 200 seats}} {{legend|#0077B3|[[:en:Christian Social Union in Bavaria|CSU]]: 46 seats}} {{legend|#00ADEF|[[:en:Alternative for Germany|AfD]]: 94 seats}}]]

The "Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany" (Grundgesetz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is the Constitution of Germany.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/rechtsgrundlagen/grundgesetz/index.html |title=Deutscher Bundestag - Grundgesetz |language=de |publisher=Bundestag.de |date=2017-09-25 |access-date=2019-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205113643/http://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/rechtsgrundlagen/grundgesetz/index.html |archive-date=5 December 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was formally approved on 8 May 1949, and, with the signature of the [[Allies of World War II]] on 12 May, came into effect on 23 May, as the constitution of those states of [[West Germany]] that were initially included within the Federal Republic. The 1949 Basic Law is a response to the perceived flaws of the 1919 [[Weimar Constitution]], which failed to prevent the rise of the Nazi party in 1933. Since 1990, in the course of the reunification process after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Basic Law also applies to the eastern states of the former [[East Germany|German Democratic Republic]].

[[File:PoliticalSystemGermany.png|center|thumb|550px|{{center|The political system of Germany}}]]