Christian Democratic Union

Presentation

My work on the Christian Democratic Union!

The first class period where we were assigned to the groups we swapped emails, then after class part of the group assigned who would get what jobs. I was given the duty of finding out information on the party platform. The CDU is the largest party in Germany, being the catch for those aligned slightly right of center. They seem comparable to our American Republican Party.

Their relationship with the CSU is an interesting one, I find it very similar to the relationship the Democratic party has with the Democratic Farmer Labor party of Minnesota. Where the CSU operates nearly exclusively in Bavaria and the CSU binds to the CDU for national politics. Again, very much like the DFL and Democratic Party here in Minnesota.

Anyway, on to the party platform!

Officially the CDU is Christian, There isn’t a separation between church and the organization, The party emphasizes “Christian understanding of humans and their responsibility toward God.” People that belong to the party however do not need to belong to a specific religion and often don’t belong to any specific religion. As conservatives they believe in harsher punishments for criminals, as well as a need to be fiscally conservative. (Not spending so much money)

They are openly against the nation of Turkey joining the European Union. They claim that Turkey violates multiple basic human rights and also does not believe they should be admitted on the grounds that Turkey has yet to recognize the Republic of Cyprus as an independent nation. Every nation admitted into the European Union must recognize every other nation in the European Union. They instead favor what they call a “Privileged Partnership”

In regards to how I felt the group project worked. I was rather disappointed by how everything panned out. We did communicate via email. But we were unable to meet due to scheduling conflicts and no notice before meetings. The two times the group did meet it was announced same day. It’s actually my understanding that only three of the group members met face to face. We did all email our parts in but being as the first time we saw the power point was when we were giving the presentation I was incredibly annoyed by the feeling that I was completely winging the presentation. All in all, I think the group was just too big to keep things from being done efficient.



Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_%28Germany%29 accessed 9/15/12
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4434812.stm     accessed 9-15-12
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/115109/Christian-Democratic-Union-CDU accessed 9-15-12
http://www.cdu.de/en/3440.htm   9-15-12

Hamburg Final Version

Monday, September 10, 2012

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Hamburg

• Originally named Treva
• Home to 1.8 million people
• largest GDP in Germany, 50,000 Euros per ca pita
• Produces most of Countries Copper supply
• Port of Hamburg
• Broken into 6 districts, Bergedorf being the largest and least populated
• 1918 became a city state
• great fire in 1842
• Beatles became famous in Hamburg
• 2011 won most environmentally friendly and green capital of Europe
• most bridges in the world

                                                                                                        http://www.roadtogermany.com/info/hamburg.html

http://asdf.no/blog/2006_03_01_archive.html

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg
http://www.hafen-hamburg.de/node/2091

http://www.mapsofworld.com/cities/germany/hamburg/tradeindustry.html

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/253231/Hamburg/16041/The-economy

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1. Hamburg
1.1 Hamburg is a city state located in the northern section of Germany, it has around 1.8million people, it is about 292 square miles.
1.2  The city has the highest GDP in Germany at 50,000 euro per capita, and a higher employment rate. Hamburg is most important for it's banking.  It also has Germany's oldest bank.  The next big thing Hamburg is known for is the Port of Hamburg.
1.3 Hamburg has 6 districts, Bergedorf being the largest even though it has the fewest residents.
1.5 Hamburgs original name was not even Hamburg, it was Treva, the name Hamburg comes from Emperor Charlemagne who ordered the construction of the first permanent building. A castle on rocky terrain. In the mid 800's Hamburg had a decent amount of change with religion, then in 845 Hamburg was destroyed by a fleet of Vikings. In 1030 the city was burned down, in 1201 and 1214 it was then occupied by a king from Denmark.  The Black Death and a few other great fires have also affected the growth of Hamburg.  In 1189 the imperial Charter granted Hamburg as an imperial free city and tax free.  In 1892 Hamburg had the last Cholera outbreak in the Western Hemisphere, it killed about 8,600 people. Surviving up until WWII they still took a hard hit.  Hamburg took numerous bombings starting multiple fires and completely changing the demographic.  In 1949 Hamburg became a state of the federal republic
2.  Some interesting facts are that the Beatles became famous by playing in Clubs around Hamburg.  Also the port of Hamburg is the 9th largest in the world.  When visiting Hamburg some of the main sites to see are the City hall, the Church of St. Michaelis, and the port.
3.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg#Tourism
http://english.hamburg.de/1-tourism-and-culture-np/