A fresh look at links between Australia and Germany

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provide the framework for growth and employment. The European
Union can make a difference in our complex world and promotes
stability, prosperity and social justice, as well as helps to protect
human rights.
A responsible Germany: commitment to peace,
human rights and sustainable development
The current crises and conflicts in the world are having a direct impact
on Germany. They are the acute expression of fundamental changes
and competing systems. Tackling conflicts with pro-active, far-sighted
policies and helping to allay and minimise their causes as well as to
invest in an order that promotes development – this is what Germany
owes to its shared responsibility with its partners and its own interests.
Germany is committed to peace, disarmament, arms control and
human rights, as well as promoting the rule of law and sustainable
development with a wide range of foreign policy tools. Germany can
only achieve these goals together with its European, transatlantic and
other like-minded partners around the world.
An open-minded Germany: business, culture and education –
Germany is globally connected and open to cooperation
German products, culture and the education system enjoy an
excellent reputation. Germany’s success is based on high quality,
ethical responsibility, an international outlook and a social market
economy. Germany is committed to a high level of occupational
safety, a living wage and active social partnerships. The country’s
future depends on networking, dialogue and cooperation in the
fields of business, art, education and science with countries around
the world. With a broad concept of culture, an attractive location
for education, innovation and science and with a high quality of life,
Germany offers a wide range of opportunities.
Paragraph one of the
German Basic Law on
a glass plate at the
parliament in Berlin.
(1) Human dignity shall be inviolable.
To respect and protect it shall be
the duty of all state authority.
(2) The German people therefore
acknowledge inviolable and
in alienable human rights as the
basis of every community, of
peace and of justice in the world.
(3) The following basic rights shall
bind the legislature, the executive
and the judiciary as directly
applicable law.