The Bundeswehr is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Bundeswehr is divided into a military part and a civil part,the military part consisting of the German Army,the German Navy,the German Air Force,the Joint Support Service,the Joint Medical Service,and the Cyber and Information Domain Service.
The Homeland,previously known as the National Democratic Party of Germany,is a far-right neo-Nazi and ultranationalist political party in Germany.
The Republicans is a national-conservative political party in Germany. The primary plank of the programme is opposition to immigration. The party tends to attract protest voters who think that the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) are not sufficiently conservative. It was founded in 1983 by former CSU members Franz Handlos and Ekkehard Voigt,and Franz Schönhuber was the party's leader from 1985 to 1994. The party had later been led by Rolf Schlierer,until 2014. The Republicans had seats in the European Parliament between 1989 and 1994,Abgeordnetenhaus of West Berlin in 1989–1990 and in the parliament of the German state of Baden-Württemberg between 1991 and 2001.
The German People's Union was a right-wing nationalist political party in Germany. It was founded by publisher Gerhard Frey as an informal association in 1971 and established as a party in 1987. In 2011,it merged with the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD).
Holger Apfel is a German politician who was the leader of the far-right National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) from 2011 to 2013. He was a member of the Saxon Parliament between 2004 and 2014,serving as the chairman of the NPD parliamentary group and a member of the presidium of the parliament.
Munster,also called Munster (Örtze) or formerly Munsterlager,is a small town in the district of Heidekreis,in Lower Saxony,Germany almost equidistant from Hamburg and Hanover. The town is home to the German Army's largest garrison and is situated between the two training areas of Munster North and Munster South. It is also the fourth largest garrison in the German Armed Forces. The German Chemical Defence Research Establishment and the Society for the disposal of chemical warfare agents and old armaments GmbH (Ltd.) (GEKA) are located in Munster.
Udo Voigt is a German politician and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the far-right and Neo-Nazi party National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) between 2014 and 2019. He was a member of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties,Justice and Home Affairs. He served as leader of NPD from 1996 to 2011. By profession,he is a former captain in the German Air Force and has a master's degree in political science from LMU.
Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen is a German politician,serving as the 13th president of the European Commission since 2019. She served in the German federal government between 2005 and 2019,holding positions in Angela Merkel's cabinet,most recently as federal minister of defence. She is a member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its affiliated European political party,the European People's Party (EPP). On 7 March 2024,the EPP elected her as its Spitzenkandidat to lead the campaign for the 2024 European Parliament elections. She was re-elected to head the Commission in July 2024.
Human rights in Germany enjoy a high level of protection,both in theory and in practice,and are enshrined in the Grundgesetz. The country has ratified most international human rights treaties. Reports from independent organizations such as Amnesty International certify a high level of compliance with human rights,while others,like the researcher Tobias Singelnstein,point out several issues,in particular police brutality and mistreatment of refugees. The 2008 Freedom in the World report by US-funded Freedom House gives Germany a score of "1" for both political rights and civil liberties.
Rainer Arnold is a German politician and member of the SPD.
With a contingent of 4,350 soldiers and policemen,Germany was one of the main contributors of troops to coalition operations in Afghanistan. Although German troops mainly operated in the comparatively quiet north of the country,the Bundeswehr suffered a number of casualties during participation in the International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan.
Johannes Kahrs is a former German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as a member of the German parliament,Deutscher Bundestag,from 1998 until 2020.
The far-right in Germany slowly reorganised itself after the fall of Nazi Germany and the dissolution of the Nazi Party in 1945. Denazification was carried out in Germany from 1945 to 1949 by the Allied forces of World War II,with an attempt of eliminating Nazism from the country. However,various far-right parties emerged in the post-war period,with varying success. Most parties only lasted a few years before either dissolving or being banned,and explicitly far-right parties have never gained seats in the Bundestag post-WWII.
Philipp Rösler is a German former politician who served as federal minister of health from 2009 to 2011 and federal minister of economics and technology as well as vice-chancellor of Germany from 2011 to 2013.
Karl-Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Buhl-Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg,known professionally as Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg,is a German businessman,journalist,podcaster,and former politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU). He served as a member of the Bundestag from 2002 to 2011,as Secretary-General of the CSU from 2008 to 2009,as Federal Minister for Economics and Technology in 2009 and as Federal Minister of Defence from 2009 to 2011.
The following addresses the events in Northern Afghanistan between April 2009 and 2014. While this part of the country had long been relatively peaceful compared to the all-out war zones of the south and east,tensions would flare up again in 2008 when the German soldiers deployed to the area came under attack more often,leading to the deaths of the several soldiers. Previously hindered by national caveats,the deteroriating security situation prompted the German-led Regional Command North to launch a series of operations to take on the rising insurgency. Concerted operations began after an insurgent attack on PRT Kunduz within minutes of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's departure from a visit. Within two years,the German presence would be doubled and additional reinforcements from the American ISAF contingent were called in,including heavy German armoured vehicles and US aviation assets,allowing for a more aggressive approach towards the insurgency.
Jürgen Hardt is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has served as a member of the Bundestag since 2009.
Roderich Kiesewetter is a former Bundeswehr general staff officer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since 2009.
Nicole Stephanie Gohlke is a German politician.
Pascal Kober is a German military chaplain and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg from 2009 to 2013 and again since 2017.
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