For a hundred years, Germany has continued to play a pioneering role in economic and social terms and exercise of influence on other countries. If one ignores the radical socialism of Marx and Engels, we can indeed say that Germany is particularly of good economic and social innovations.
Indeed, Germany remained the motor of European growth, even after the fall of the Berlin wall that marked the reunification between West Germany to East Germany.
The economic and social successes achieved in Germany in the context of the social economy market since the total collapse of 1945 are indeed impressive.
The Federal Republic of Germany now champions the world of export, and the stability of prices. She has after Japan the largest increase of its international purchasing power and exercised a dominant role in economic and monetary policy in Europe and even in the world.
Similarly, the German economy despite the ambient recession throughout Europe, is characterized by sustained growth. German public finances have reached this year a surplus of 16.1 billion euros, or 1.1% of GDP in the first half of 2014. Moreover, the GDP of Germany represents 20% of the GDP of the European Union.
This remarkable and noticed over time is due to a large extent to this combination of economic system or liberal and Christian-social system or Democrat so that certain democratic aspects and federalist system policy that constitutes the social market economy.
On 03 October 2014, Germany celebrated the "day of German unity", its national holiday since 1990 commemorating the reunification between West Germany and East Germany. On this occasion, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Cameroon will host several events in Yaoundé and Douala.
On this solemn occasion, the Club of the friends of Germany (CAA) which works to promote Germano-cameroon cooperation would enhance the brilliance of this party in Cameroon in organizing a conference on Wednesday, October 15, 2014, at GICAM in Douala, on the theme: ' Reunification and German power: the secrets of performance of the German economy even after the fall of the Berlin wall.
This conference is part of an initiative through which, the CAA aims to mark a milestone, in this major celebration. It is a good opportunity to honour its commitment towards Germany that has been a welcoming land for all of its members.
It is important also for the Club and its President, to take this opportunity to allow Cameroon, which lies in a dynamic of emergence, inspiration of the history and the experience of the first economic power in Europe, both in terms of the Reunification and economic power.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 conference aims to identify and highlight the real determinants of German economic performance even after the fall of the Berlin wall. It is question, indeed, to show how African countries, including those of the Central African sub-region can copy the German model to ensure their advancements towards industrialization.
Cameroon in its decentralization policy should be guided by the Länder models that characterize the RFA and especially inspired by the political economic relations that characterize these Länder.
From this conference, our country in its quest for emergence should take root on the model of the social market economy which allows the German economy to surplus in excess over the years. Our economy seeks to modernise but we move away gradually from traditional industry.
