Germany and the United Kingdom

Germany and the United Kingdom All countries in our world share many similarities and differences. This allows each country to learn from one another’s failures and successes. Two of the countries that have similar and different ways that they run their country is Germany and the United Kingdom. These countries each have their own style of how they choose to run their countries. Both Germany and the United Kingdom are democracies in the world, however they have many differences between the two. Germany has a constitution, simple branches of government, a complicated electoral system, and interactive local government. On the other hand, the United Kingdom has no written constitution, a complex branches of government, an intricate electoral system, and an almost non-existent local government. In simple terms above, it is seen that Germany and the United Kingdom have similarities and differences with their political institutions, branches of government, the electoral system, and local government.

Political institutions in both countries are very different. Germany has its own Constitution, which is also known as The Basic Law. It was developed after East and West Germany had come back together after splitting up following World War II. East and West Germany were being ran by different countries, so this constitution originally belonged to West Germany. The basic law has five aspects to it: Cooperative federalism, basic political, social, and economic rights, a head of state, political power is given to the head of the government, and the creation of a judiciary (O’Neil, Fields, Share) The Constitution is Germany’s one and only political institution and they use it for anything and everything in their country. “The Basic Law can be amended by a two-thirds majority in both houses…however, some constitutional features, such as Germany’s federal system and individual rights