Germany

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**The Fact Sheet of Germany**
__Team members:__ Javier,Rebecca and Rie

Berlin
 * 1. What is the capital of your country?**

Federal parliamentary republic
 * 2. What form of government does your country have?**

President Jens Böhrnsen is chief of the state, Chancellor Angela Merkel is head of the government
 * 3. Who is the current head of your government?** ...................................................... German Proposal Negotiation Plans (click here)

US $38,774 (information since 2008)
 * 4. What is your country’s GDP per capita?**

Life expectancy 80 years 2006 Life expectancy (male) 77 years 2006 Life expectancy (female) 82 years 2006
 * 5. What is the average life expectancy for people in your country?**

countries participating in this negotiation? National Budget US $1,614 billion (2008). It's highest among the countries participating. Similar to Fr. and UK, but 4x than Sp. and Gre.
 * 6. How does your national budget compare to the national budgets of other**

The ratio of imports to exports in Germany is approximately 0.8. This means Germany exports more than it imports, and they are making some profits.
 * 7. What is the ratio of imports to exports for your country? What does this indicate to you?**

Three most important issues Germany is facing are poverty, reunification, and education. First, Germany is concerning poverty which is closely related to relatively high level of unemployment and problem neighborhoods. Second, though Germany was reunificated in 1990, it is still facing some issues caused by reunification. It is caused because the differences of economic development and culture between Eastern and Western Germany. Third, education is another big issue because a growing number of Germans are functionally illiterate, functionally innumerate, or both.
 * 8. What do you think are the three most important issues facing your country today? Explain why these are especially important in your country.**

Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark
 * 9. Name all of the countries with which your country shares a border.**

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 * 10. Sources**

__**Annotated Bibliographic**__

__**German Proposal Negotiation Plans**__