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We need a stronger Europe to overcome the current issue of national debt and the Euro crisis. This is why we are fully behind a strong European Union based on solidarity. EU structural policies are exerting a positive outcome on the state level. We are putting our weight behind ensuring that things stay that way.

The Heads of Government of the 16 federal states meet four times a year at the Conference of Minister-Presidents with the purpose of coordinating their policies. The chair is held by the different federal states in rotation.

Though the organ of the Bundesrat, the German States play a co-determining role in federal legislation and also in European affairs. Baden-Württemberg provides six of the 69 members making up the “Chamber of States”.

... A force within the Federation Baden-Württemberg also carries weight in national affairs. Baden-Württemberg in Berlin The Federal Republic of Germany is a Federation. State functions are divided between the Federation and its 16 federal states. The federal states each have their own parliament and government, their own ...

... Ministries Apart from the State Ministry, there are eleven ministries in which the various threads of state politics converge. How to contact our Ministries Apart from the State Ministry representing the authority of the Minister President, there are eleven ministries in which the various threads of state politics ...

EN: Seit Gründung des Südweststaates 1952 standen neun Ministerpräsidenten an der Spitze des Landes Baden-Württemberg. Wir stellen Ihnen die Regierungschefs in einem Zeitstrahl vor: von Reinhold Maier bis Winfried Kretschmann.

The Minister-President holds an outstanding position within the political system of Baden-Württemberg, vested in him by the State constitution. He determines the guidelines of State policy, directs the business of the State Government and acts as representative of the State to the outside.

Winfried Kretschmann cultivates a new style of politics based on frankness and participation. As Minister-President, he has set himself the target of modernizing Baden-Württemberg in both ecological and social terms.

... Winfried Kretschmann – the man at the head of the State Government Winfried Kretschmann is the ninth Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg. He was elected for the third time as the Head of Government by the State Parliament on May 12, 2021. Kretschmann heads a coalition made up of two parliamentary parties: The Green ...

... The State Government Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann heads the State Government of Baden-Württemberg. Besides the Minister-President, the Government comprises eleven Ministers. Alongside the State Ministry which represents the authority of the Minister-President, there are eleven ministries in which the various ...