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Christian Democratic Union (CDU), German center-right political party that supports a free-market economy and social welfare programs while maintaining conservative stances on social issues. The CDU has been a strong advocate of European integration and has cultivated close relations with the

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), military alliance established in 1949 that sought to create a counterweight to Soviet armies stationed in central and eastern Europe after World War II. Following the end of the Cold War, NATO was reconceived as a “cooperative-security” organization. It

Government, the political system by which a country or community is administered and regulated. Most of the key words commonly used to describe governments—words such as monarchy, oligarchy, and democracy—are of Greek or Roman origin. They have been current for more than 2,000 years and have not