Political events in 2016

January 06, 2016

In Jan 2016, Germany assumes a annually rotating Chairmanship of a Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for a initial time. The OSCE is a permanent intergovernmental peacekeeping conference. In 2015, in a debate before a German Bundestag, Federal Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier named required arms control and confidence-building measures as a executive tasks during Germany’s tenure of office.

So-called Super Election Sunday with state elections in 3 opposite German states – Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt – will take place on 13 Mar 2016. Will a Green-SPD bloc continue to oversee with Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann in Baden-Württemberg? Can CDU claimant Julia Klöckner reinstate SPD Minister-President Malu Dreyer in Rhineland-Palatinate? Will a CDU sojourn a strongest celebration in Saxony-Anhalt? All these questions will be answered on Super Election Sunday in 2016.

Article source: https://www.deutschland.de/en/topic/politics/germany-europe/political-events-in-2016