Sentence examples for confederation of German from inspiring English sources

Last year the Confederation of German Employers demanded change.

The Confederation of German Industry called it "a win-win situation".

The Confederation of German Employers' Associations says the introduction of a minimum wage would push up labor costs and lead to more unemployment.

"The shortage of scientists and engineers demands the entry of highly qualified foreigners," said Michael Rogowski, president of the Confederation of German Industries.

It is in this context that the latest and most detailed call for a new Marshall plan emerged, that of the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB).

"Some of the Saturday demonstrations have been the biggest in Frankfurt for years," said Harald Fiedler, chairman of the Frankfurt branch of the Confederation of German Trade Unions, which has donated a large tent to the protesters and provided other support.

Historians debate whether Otto von Bismarck — Minister President of Prussia — had a master plan to expand the North German Confederation of 1866 to include the remaining independent German states into a single entity or simply to expand the power of the Kingdom of Prussia.

As refugees, bank bailouts, recession and unemployment all testify, the EU and especially the eurozone are not a functioning confederation but a zone of German influence.

German Confederation, organization of 39 German states, established by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to replace the destroyed Holy Roman Empire.

In 1805 Ansbach was added, and on Jan . 1 , 1806the elector crowned himself king of Bavaria as Maximilian I. Bavaria's membership in the Confederation of the Rhine the league of German princes sponsored by Napoleon and contributions to the French war effort against Austria (1805), Prussia and Russia (1806 07), and, again, Austria (1809), led to the acquisition of most of Western Austria.

That flag was also briefly used by the German Confederation of 1848 52.