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The political nature of the artwork sparked controversy. Volker Kauder, was the only member of the art committee of the German Bundestag to oppose the work: I say "no" to this simple work of art, unworthy of our house. I say "no" to the fact that an attempt is being made to belittle the German people, to reduce it to a short period of its history.
14 May - North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 2000 25 July – Air France Flight 4590 crashes near Paris , France shortly after taking off, killing 109 people mostly Germans, and 4 on the ground. 2 October - German company ProSiebenSat.1 Media was founded.
DJ Ötzi's "Anton aus Tirol" became the best-performing single of 2000, while Santana's (pictured Carlos Santana) "Supernatural" became the best-performing album of the year. This is a list of the German Media Control Top100 Singles Chart number-ones of 2000.
The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), organised the national final Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision 2000 in order to select their entry for the contest. The national final took place on 18 February 2000 and featured eleven competing acts with the winner being selected through public televoting.
The CDU donations scandal was a political scandal resulting from the illegal forms of party financing used by the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during the 1990s. These included accepting hidden donations, the non-disclosure of cash donations, the maintenance of secret bank accounts, and illegal wire transfers to and from foreign banks.
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Herbert Zimmermann (29 November 1917 – 16 December 1966) was a popular German football commentator.. He did one of the most famous pieces of commentary in German during the World Cup final in 1954 by "recommending" the goal that won "The Miracle of Bern" for West Germany.
The 2000 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 23 July 2000 at the Sachsenring . 500 cc classification