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A modern industrial democracy with a complicated and violent history, Germany is now a pacifist nation and a proponent of cultural tolerance and international understanding, and a leader in the European Union. With its history rooted deep in the ancient world, home to the Germanic tribes feared by Roman emperors, and the site of dynamic medieval, enlightenment and contemporary trade, Germany offers a wealth of architectural and cultural gems...

	Rudesheim-am-Rhein Nestled alongside the Rhine River, Rudesheim boasts a world-renowned shopping street, fine brandies, vineyards, and a wine museum.

	Cochem / Mosel Valley The Mosel river runs through a rural terrain, and its banks are strewn with vineyards that literally climb into the surrounding hills. See Burg Eltz, the oldest continually standing castle in Germany.

	Heidelberg A romantic city, Heidelberg offers beautiful scenery, the ruins of war, and a thriving high street for shopping and dining.

	Berlin A burgeoning, bustling metrolopolis like no other, Berlin is considered by many one of the world's cultural capitals.

	Frankfurt-am-Main Known simply as Frankfurt around the world, the city sits on the Main river. An industrial center, Frankfurt also serves as a gateway to the lush countryside of western Germany.

	Stuttgart Germany's publishing capital, and home to many of the nation's industrial forerunners, Stuttgart is also a town that hosts festivals and boasts a fashionable shopping district.

	Black Forest Remote but accessible, a hub for escapists from all over Europe, the Black Forest still offers something of a fairytale ambience to the savvy seeker.

	Baden-Baden A spa town famed in literature and film, Baden-Baden is where people from around the world go to relax.


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GOVERNMENT

NEW GERMAN PATRIOTISM CENTERS ON PEACE
5 December 2003

Progressive Germans are beginning to see an opportunity to use the economic and political heft of their homeland to promote humanitarian and democratic values in the international arena. Says Deutsche Welle: "a brave group of pioneers has begun to embrace a new concept of patriotism rooted in pacifism, tolerance and human rights". [For more: DW]

EUROPEAN UNION

CONSTITUTION ON HOLD FOR EUROPE
13 December 2003

EU leaders fail to reach agreement on distribution of legislative authority across the continent. Spain and Poland held a hard-line defense of their current level of representation, refusing "double majority" rule. By "double majority", laws would have to be approved by a majority of delegates representing 60% of the EU population. Constitution talks are thought to be off until 2005. [For More: BBC]

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