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→Governments: Took the information from the Angela Merkel article.
In 1999, the formal seat of the federal government moved from Bonn to Berlin. Berlin also is one of the Federal Republic's 16 Laender.
In 1999, the formal seat of the federal government moved from Bonn to Berlin. Berlin also is one of the Federal Republic's 16 Laender.
==Governments==
==United Germany==
From 1982 to 1998 Conservative chancellor [[Helmut Kohl]] (CDU) ruled the country under a coalition of CDU and the liberal-libertarian [[Free Democratic Party]]. Since then the left-center [[SPD]] and environmental [[Alliance '90/The Greens]] with chancellor [[Gerhard Schröder]] (SPD) were in power. He was removed by [[Angela Merkel]] (CDU), who had a coalition with the SPD (2005-2009), the FDP (2009-2013) and since 2013 with the SPD again.
From 1982 to 1998 Conservative chancellor [[Helmut Kohl]] (CDU) ruled the country under a coalition of CDU and the liberal-libertarian [[Free Democratic Party]]. Since then the left-center [[SPD]] and environmental [[Alliance '90/The Greens]] with chancellor [[Gerhard Schröder]] (SPD) were in power. He was succeeded by [[Angela Merkel]] (CDU), who had a coalition with the SPD (2005-2009), the FDP (2009-2013) and since 2013 with the SPD again.
During the [[European migrant crisis]] Angela Merkel's open borders policies allowed more than 2.5 million refugees and migrants to enter Germany. Merkel opposed setting an upper limit on the number of refugees Germany would allow in annually.<ref>Delcker, Janosch (October 2, 2017). [http://www.politico.eu/article/angela-merkel-germany-new-refugee-dilemma-bavaria-csu/ Angela Merkel’s new refugee dilemma]. ''Politico''. Retrieved October 3, 2017.</ref>
==See also==
==See also==