Přelomové zemské volby? Vliv na německou politiku a postup spolkové vlády v uprchlické krizi
Groundbreaking state elections? Impact on German politics and the Federal Government's approach to the Refugee Crisis

Author(s): Zuzana Lizcová
Subject(s): Governance, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: AMO – Asociace pro mezinárodní otázky
Keywords: 2015 refugees crisis;
Summary/Abstract: The governments of the 16 federal states that send their representatives to the Federal Council (Bundesrat) change gradually during the terms of office of the Federal Assembly (Bundestag) and the central government. They are therefore always considered to be voting on its successes or failures. Even in the tense political situation that currently prevails in Germany as a result of the refugee crisis, they are only partially so. The federal states have important competences in the federal state, for example in the police, administrative, economic, cultural and educational areas. State elections therefore always (and above all) indicate how satisfied citizens are or are not with their regional representation, whose decisions directly affect their daily lives.

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