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Before the treaties become effective, they must be ratified by the Bundesrat or upper house, and face a court test of their constitutionality. Above all, EDC must be ratified by the other five participating nations-including France...
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer urged the upper house (Bundesrat) of Germany's parliament to hasten the job by considering only those aspects of the treaties that lie within what he said was its proper sphere, i.e., protection of states' rights within the new Federal Republic. A resentful Bundesrat, after a mere 15 minutes' debate, voted unanimously to ignore his appeal, and to debate the entire treaties, paragraph by paragraph. Moreover, it declared, it could not possibly discuss either treaty until the Federal Constitutional Court hands down a decision on the constitutionality of German rearmament-a decision not expected...
...ablest men in Adenauer's own party is Ludwig Erhard, Minister of Economics, who in the past two years has helped guide West Germany back to a relatively free economy. Generally considered a man to watch is 48-year-old Karl Arnold, president of Bonn's Bundesrat (Upper House), a hard-hitting Catholic trade-union leader who frequently acts as spokesman for the workers in his native Ruhr. No friend of Adenauer's, whom he considers too conservative, Arnold may some day be his rival for party leadership...
...parliament's upper house, the Bundesrat, met first. In a simple 28-minute session the deputies, who are chosen by the state legislatures, elected as chamber president Christian Democrat Karl Arnold, Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia. When the lower house, the Bundestag, with 402 deputies elected by the people, convened in the afternoon, the drama of free-speech government began. Little Paul Löbe, who had been president of the Reichstag until Göring took over in 1932, was temporary president because, nearing 74, he was the oldest delegate in the house...
...formally headed by a president. Real power will rest with the chancellor (whose job corresponds to that of premier), appointed by the president and responsible to the parliament (the Bund). The lower house will be the Bundestag, with members elected by the people. The upper house will be the Bundesrat; its members will be elected by the state legislatures. The federal government has legislative power in such fields as foreign affairs and trade, currency, and certain forms of taxation. In other fields the federal and state governments share powers...