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Federal Republic of Germany

Flag of the Federal Republic of Germany

Common Names: West Germany, Germany

Official Name: Federal Republic of Germany

Starting Leader: Rainer Barzel

Starting Faction: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Rainer Barzel

Full Name: Rainer Candidus Barzel

Party: Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

Ideology: Market Liberalism

Internal Reformist: Barzel has long tried to de-Straußify the CDU/CSU, purging the overtly far-right elements from the party and dismantling unpopular authoritarian measures.
Realpolitik: Barzel knows of the corruption in the Strauß' clique and wishes to remove Strauß, but may choose the refrain from investigating it until after the 1981 election, in order to not harm CDU/CSU preferences, even as this means he risks implicating himself.