Policies germany supports
Germany’s vision of economic growth is that of modernization in general. They are starting to invest in green energy power and better housing and standards of living in Eastern Germany. Due to the euro crisis, Germany has endured a small recession in the early months of 2012. Even through the euro crisis, Germany is the safest country in the euro zone. This means that if Europe starts to have more serious problems with the euro in the future, Germany will suffer but not as seriously as some other neighboring countries and will rebound quickly. Since 2009, Germany has suffered through many large contractions in the economy, some being as high as 5.1%. Germany is hoping to stop these contractions and fully recover from the euro crisis while continuing to export many goods to the US and other European countries, which will help raise their national growth rate. The GDP in Germany is $3.2 trillion with an annual growth rate of 2.7%. Germany continues to support NATO with America while the woman chancellor is currently keeping strings attached with a lot of different foreign countries. Germany has a commitment to multilateralism since the two Germanys combined in 1990 so the soviets aren’t able to take over again. About 8000 German troops are deployed in peacekeeping, stabilization, and reconstruction missions worldwide. Obama is widely supported in Germany, which makes most of the German population supportive of American policies established by Obama. Even though they support America’s decision to stay in Pakistan and Afghanistan, they ruled against sending any troops because of Germany’s size, which would make the war more like a World War. Germany’s main exports are in the field of engineering, especially high quality cars and railway vehicles. They also export machinery, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, metals, electronics, textiles, and wine.[1]
[1] Paul Belkin. "German Foreign and Security Policy." Congressional Research Service. www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL34199.pdf (accessed September 28, 2012).
[1] Paul Belkin. "German Foreign and Security Policy." Congressional Research Service. www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL34199.pdf (accessed September 28, 2012).