Cabinet of Germany
The German federal government, also called the Federal Cabinet, is in accordance with Article 62 of the Basic Law of the Federal Chancellor and the Federal Ministers. It is the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and thus exerts executive power at the federal level. Due to the possibility of introducing bills to parliament, and the possibility that members of the government are also members of the Bundestag, the government has also influence on the legislature.
Regulations
Constitutionally, the role of the federal government in Part VI in Articles 62 to 69Vorlage: § § / Maintenance / old URL Basic Law (GG) regulated, making them one of the constitutional organs. Article 76 of the Basic Law allows the federal government to introduce bills in the Bundestag. Article 64, paragraph 2 of the Basic Law stipulates that afford members of the Federal Government took office the oath of office (in accordance with Article 56 of the Basic Law ). Your way of working is in the Rules of Procedure of the Federal Government ( GOBReg ) and the Joint Rules of Procedure of the Federal Ministries ( GGO ) regulated - as is also stipulated there that the federal government is quorate only if more than half of its members have come together.
The administrative affairs of the Federal Government directs the Federal Chancellor, who these delegated to the Head of the Federal Chancellery.
The chancellor within the federal government the authority to issue guidelines ( Chancellor principle), ie, it determines the broad policy and is also responsible for it. The federal ministers run their respective areas of responsibility within the guidelines of the Chancellor's own ( departmental principle ). The scope of their duties determined by the Chancellor. Are two federal ministers disagree on one point, the federal government by majority decision ( principle of collegiality ).
According to the Federal Minister of Law has a former member of the Federal Government is entitled to a pension, "if it belongs to the federal government at least two years; a time in the office of the Parliamentary Secretary to a Member of the Federal Government will take into account ", as well as a " previous membership in a national government. "
Officers and Parliamentary Secretaries of State, Ministers are formally legally not members of the federal government, but support them in their duties.
The Federal Cabinet usually meets every Wednesday at 9:30 clock in the Federal Chancellery. The official announcement medium is the Joint Ministerial Gazette ( GMBl ).
Composition
Representation order in the Federal Government
§ 22 of the Rules of Procedure of the Federal Government shall arrange for replacement order at meetings of the Federal Government.
In the absence of the Chancellor, the Deputy Chancellor shall preside in the federal government. Is this also prevented, so one federal minister takes over the presidency, who belongs to the longest continuously the federal government. There are several federal ministers, who are at the same time become Federal Minister, shall bear the oldest in age of the chair. These regulations do not apply if the Chancellor determines a separate order. Of these, nothing is currently known.
This currently results in the following representation of sequence:
Proportion of qualified lawyers
The preferred placement of qualified lawyers in the higher service of public administration ( the so-called legal privilege) can also be found in the Federal government. Based on the beginning of the federal government and including the Chancellor of the proportion of lawyers was apart of 1998-2002 (Cabinet Schröder I) is always at least 25 percent.
Duration of the government formation in Germany since 1980
The following graph represents the duration between the elections to the German Bundestag and the swearing in of the Cabinet dar. days If the swearing in of the Federal Cabinet not explicitly listed, it was held as choosing the Chancellor / the Registrar on the same day; this was in the elections since 1998 the case. On average, the Chancellor was elected after 40 days since 1980.
Open Day
Since 1999, every summer, an open door to the federal government instead. On this day, the Federal Chancellery, Federal Press Office and 14 ministries can be visited. A look in offices of officers and ministers should give an impression of the everyday work of the politicians.