School Project: Ideal Government

It is common knowledge that there are no ideals in the world as well as there are no ideal forms of government. However, democracy is considered to be a superior form of government nowadays. I cannot disagree with this point of view.

Theory and practice don’t often coincide. Moreover, brilliant hypotheses seldom meet acknowledgement. Remember Sir Thomas More’s “Utopia”. Harmony between humanity and society reigns on some island called Utopia the name of which can be translated as the place that doesn’t exist. The metaphorical name of the island underlines the idea that the principles of a perfect political regime may find their reflection only on paper. 

According to the political, economical and cultural progress in some countries, we want to single out Germany as an object of our project. 

First of all, Germany is a federal parliamentary republic. Its federal legislative power belongs to the Bundestag (we can translate it as the parliament of Germany) and the Bundesrat (the representative body of Germany's regional states). Likewise other European countries, there is a multi-party system. However, the President plays a representative and ceremonial role and is not a member of the government. The President is elected every five years by the Federal Assembly. The Bundeskanzler, in another way - the federal chancellor, heads the Bundesregierung, in other words, the Federal government and thus the executive branch of the federal government. The constitution emphasizes the protection of individual liberty and divides powers both between the federal and state levels and between the legislative, executive and judicial branches. The German Cabinet is the chief executive body of the federal republic of Germany. The judicial system comprises three types of courts. The Federal Constitutional Court is the highest court dealing with constitutional matters. 

Germany is a highly developed industrial country with a strong social security system due to the ruling politics and its hard-working population. 

However, every nation needs its leader. It needs the reflection of the whole country concentrated in one person who is able to rule wisely and justly, to gain world-wild recognition, to meet the needs of his voters etc. What qualities are necessary for an ideal undisputed leader? We may figure out the following:

-         Outstanding intelligence and intuition.

-         Perfect human qualities: honesty, reliability, empathy.

-         Remarkable communication skills.

-         Confidence and ambitiousness.

-         Commitment.

To conclude, democracy is a form of government in which supreme power is vested in the people and exercised through a system of representation involving elections. Like other political system it needs a remarkable leader who is able to lead the country in the right direction of political, social and cultural development.