GOVT-130 FA3 Lecture 19: Background of Office: German Chancellor vs. President
17 Nov 2016
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Position as the chief executive of the state is defined by article 65 of the basic laws: the chancellor determines and bares responsibility for the general guidelines of governmental policy. Within this policy, each cabinet minister conducts the affairs of his or her department independently and under his/her own responsibility: government as a whole decides on differences of opinion between ministers. Chancellor conducts business of the government in accordance with the rules and procedure adopted and approved by the president. Executive authority is granted to the chancellor, but the chancellor does not share executive power with a strong president (because. Germany does not have a strong president: unlike the french system, there isn"t a 1 and 1a type of government. Chancellor doesn"t have to worry about a strong and overreaching president. The way that it is constructed in germany, that will likely never happen. It is up to the chancellor to appoint and dismiss cabinet ministers.
