FRG

• Institutions

  Bunderstag- Replaced Reichstag- Lower house elected every 4 years and could pass legislation

  Bunderstrat- Replaced reichstrat- representatives of landers
• Positions

  President- lost power could no longer pass laws or pick chancellor

  Chancellor- had power but had to resign if Bunerstag lost confidence
• Local Government

  -Control own food and education

  -Made up of lander
• Voting

  Vote for lander and central government

  1st past the post for main gov and PR for party

  -5% rule to lower extremist groups (needed 5% to form coalition)
• Main parties

  SPD CDU
• Adenauer

  Make amends with jews and social market economy
• Erhard

  Persue german reunification (unsuccessful) and wurtschaftwunder
• Brandt

  Improved relations with communists and eastern europe
• Schmidt

  Continued ostopolitik
• Khol

  Develop europea integration
• To what extent were weimar problems solved

  Attempted to fix laws from weimar constitution by limiting the power of the president and attempting to remove extremist groups by the 5% rule

  -Acted as FRG constitution

  Re emphasise the human rights and pleged they would uphold them