Stefan Plenk

The Democratic Republic of the Congo and the debate in Germany concerning EUFOR RD Congo Mission Stefan Plenk

Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Africa, grade: 1,7, University of Bologna, course: Political Development in Least developed Countries, 57 entries in the bibliography, language: English, comment: The paper focusses on the recent situation and the history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, describing also the EU mission in 2006, the transition process and the debate in Germany concerning the EUFOR RD Congo mission. Diese Hausarbeit konzentriert sich auf die Demokratische Republik Kongo, die aktuelle Situation, die Geschichte des Landes, sowie eine analyse der EU Mission 2006 und die hitzige Debatte die sich dabei auch im Deutschen Bundestag abgespielt hat. , abstract: The transformation process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the most crucial political changes during the last few years. Creatin a stabile and strong democratic system within the biggest African countries could bring light an development in the former "heart of darknes" which could also be extendet to other african states. the following paper tries to describe the sad story of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, concentrating on the Mobutu dictatureship and the transition and state building process afterwards. furthermore is is about the EUFOR RD Congo military mission that should support the transformation process, protecting the presidential elections in 2006. What about the leading nation Germany? Was it difficult to legislate the mission, for a state with such a heavy historical burden? what about meanings and opinions in German parlament, the federal army and of course the German people? After the history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the text is focussed on the elections in 2006, the EU mission and the debat in Germany concerning military aid for this big african country. in the end the paper shows details and developments of EUFOR RD Congo mission, whereby it also tries to analyze whether the miss