Facts about Germany 2015 2015 | Page 175

INDEX

A
Alliance 90/The Greens 14 – 15
Art academy 98 – 99
Association of German Chambers
of Commerce and Industry
(DIHK) 58 – 61
Automotive industry 66 – 69

B
Bach, Johann Sebastian 
20 – 21, 134 – 137
Bachelor’s 94 – 97
Baden-Württemberg 6 – 7
Basic income 128 – 129
Basic Law 6 – 9, 28 – 29
Bavaria 6 – 7
Beer 170 – 171
Beethoven, Ludwig van 
20 – 21, 134 – 137
Berlin 6 – 7, 34 – 35, 168 – 169
Berlin Wall 36 – 37
Berlinale 142 – 145
Biodiversity 92 – 93
Biosphere reserve 92 – 93
Birth rate 114 – 115
Bologna Process 94 – 97
Brahms, Johannes 134 – 137
Brandenburg 6 – 7
Brandt, Willy 20 – 21
Bremen 6 – 7
Bundesliga 164 – 167
Bundestag 14 – 17, 26 – 29

C
Capital city 12 – 13
Catholic Church 132 – 133
Central Agency for Schools Abroad
(ZfA) 134 – 137
Centre for International Peace
Operations (ZIF) 42 – 45
Chemical industry 66 – 69
Children 122 – 125

Christian Democratic Union
(CDU) 14 – 15
Christian Social Union (CSU) 14 – 15
Church tax 132 – 133
Cities 154 – 157, 158 – 159, 160 – 163
Citizenship law 118 – 121
Civil society 126 – 127
Climate 12 – 13
Climate protection 78 – 81, 82 – 83
Comprehensive school 112 – 113
Congress 160 – 163
Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR) 70 – 71
Creative industry 138 – 139
Cuisine 170 – 171
Cultural preservation
programme 140 – 141
Cultural relations and education
policy 108 – 109, 140 – 141
Culture  134 – 137
Culture of remembrance 36 – 37
Currency 8 – 9

E
Economy 58 – 61
Education 94 – 97
Elections 16 – 17
Electoral system 16 – 17
Electromobility 88 – 89
Electrotechnical and electronics
industry 66 – 69
Élysée Treaty 46 – 49
Emigrants 10 – 11
Employment rate 76 – 77
Energy efficiency 84 – 87
Energy Reform 30 – 31, 78 – 81, 84 – 87
Environment 78 – 81
Environmental protection 78 – 81
Environmental technologies 88 – 89
Erfurt 6 – 7
EU Blue Card 118 – 121
European Union (EU) 
46 – 49, 58 – 61, 62 – 65
Evangelical Church  132 – 133
Excellence Initiative 94 – 97
Export 58 – 61, 62 – 65

D
Demography 10 – 11
Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Internationale Zusammenarbeit
(GIZ) 78 – 81
Deutsche Welle 146 – 149
Deutscher Filmpreis 142 – 145
Deutscher Kulturrat 134 – 137
Development cooperation 56 – 57
Dietrich, Marlene 20 – 21
Digital Agenda 72 – 73
Diplomacy 38 – 41
Diplomatic missions 58 – 61
Direct investments 62 – 65
Domain 8 – 9
Dresden 6 – 7
Dual training 76 – 77
Dürer, Albrecht 20 – 21
Düsseldorf 6 – 7

F
Fall of the Berlin Wall 36 – 37
Family  122 – 125
Family allowance 122 – 125
Federal Armed Forces 38 – 41, 42 – 45
Federal Assembly 16 – 17
Federal Chancellor 16 – 19, 26 – 27
Federal Constitutional Court 26 – 29
Federal Council 14 – 15, 16 – 17
Federal Eagle 8 – 9
Federal Employment Agency 114 – 115
Federal Foreign Office 38 – 41
Federal Government  16 – 19, 26 – 29
Federal Government Commissioner
for Culture and the Media 134 – 137
Federal ministries 18 – 19
Federal Office for Migration and
Refugees 114 – 115
Federal President 
16 – 19, 26 – 29