To What Extent Could the Period 1924-29 Be Described as One of the Political, Economical, Social, Cultural and Diplomatic Stability?

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To what extent could the period 1924-29 be described as one of the political, economical, social, cultural and diplomatic stability? The period between 1924 and 1929 was sometimes referred to as the ‘Golden years’ of the Weimar Republic, this is in some ways appropriate. At this time Germany’s international image was improving, the economy was beginning to recover; socially the countries welfare systems were being strengthened, and the cultural aspects were flourishing. Contrary to this there was a huge sense of political instability and conflicts that would not go away, especially within the working environment. Many would refer to this as relative stabilisation but not completely. Politically Germany suffered as the parties that were supposed to be protecting the interests of the German people were acting more like interest groups, therefore when a coalition government was elected they struggled to work together resulting in the problems that needed to be addressed never came to a conclusion, however the interests of the ‘bourgeois’ parties of the DNVP, BVP and DVP were divergent. Within the coalitions, however, some important social legislation was passed. Within the political structure the vote had always varied but at this time the left were making important gains with the SPD increasing its share of seats by 22 to 153 and the KPD showing a rise of 9 seats to 54, this in turn meant that the parties of the centre and right saw their votes drop, which escalated the amount of splinter parties. The political polarization that was a developing feature of the period meant that forming a stable majority government had become near impossible, therefore questioning the stability of the political aspects of Germany. In June 1928, the ministry dominated by socialist was formed their aim was to steer through the Reichstag the Young Plan of 1929. This dealt with the
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