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Bundestag (Germany's lower house of parliament)

The "Bundestag" is Germany's main legislative body. Its over members are elected every four years in a mixed system of constituency and list voting.

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December 4, 2024

Germany: Scholz seeks help passing last laws before election

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Reports & Analysis

Olaf Scholz seen from above as he is leaving the plenary chamber

Germany's history of confidence votes in parliament

Germany's history of confidence votes in parliament

Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of confidence in parliament, triggering snap elections. There have been precedents.
PoliticsDecember 16, 2024
Angela Merkel before giving her testimony

Merkel addresses Bundestag Afghanistan inquiry

Merkel addresses Bundestag Afghanistan inquiry

Angela Merkel was chancellor when Germany pulled troops out of Afghanistan and the Taliban conquered Kabul in 2021.
PoliticsDecember 5, 2024
A person holds a smartphone in their lap, looking at an image of AfD leader Alice Weidel

How will social media shape Germany's election campaign?

How will social media shape Germany's election campaign?

With a snap election slated for February 23, Germany is debating how social media should be used in the campaign.
PoliticsNovember 17, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz walking next to a lectern in parliament (file photo)

Scholz addresses lawmakers after coalition collapse

Scholz addresses lawmakers after coalition collapse

Germany's chancellor urged all parties to pull together to pass important legislation ahead of a confidence vote.
PoliticsNovember 14, 202402:26 min
Scholz speaking to Merz on the sidelines of a debate in the Bundestag parliament

Germany's election campaigning kicks off in parliament

Germany's election campaigning kicks off in parliament

Chancellor Scholz wants opposition help to pass legislation before the election, but the conservative CDU is reluctant.
PoliticsNovember 13, 2024
Olaf Scholz walks outside, looking sideways at the camera

What next for Germany after government collapse? A timeline

What next for Germany after government collapse? A timeline

With the collapse of the fractious governing coalition, Germany faces an early election. DW explains the next steps.
PoliticsNovember 12, 2024
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A social media search for the term menopause on a smartphone

Menopause: German lawmakers push to break a taboo

One year before the general election, lawmakers have taken up the issue of menopause, hoping to attract female voters.
HealthOctober 24, 2024
black and white photo of a man casting his ballot in the polling station at Frankfurt train station

Germany remembers its first post-WWII national election

In 1949, four years after the end of dictatorship and war, Germans could once again elect a democratic parliament.
HistoryAugust 13, 2024
18-year-old casting her ballot in Duisburg in the federal election on September 26, 2021

German government wants to let 16-year-olds vote

The government wants to lower the voting age from 18 to 16. But the majority of the population has expressed skepticism.
PoliticsJune 5, 2023
A blonde, blue-eyed doll at the Yad Vashem exhibition

'Sixteen Objects' exhibition marks 70 years of Yad Vashem

An exhibition by Yad Vashem shows the everyday objects of Holocaust victims in the German parliament.
HistoryJanuary 24, 202302:35 min
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, center, poses for photos with a delegation from the Germany-Taiwan parliamentary friendship group led by Klaus-Peter Willsch and other Taiwan officials at the Presidential Office in Taipei

Official Taiwan trip won't likely provoke China

Experts say a visit by Bundestag deputies doesn't fundamentally shift the status quo of Germany's stance towards Taiwan.
PoliticsOctober 4, 2022
Angela Merkel, Olaf Scholz

COVID: Germany introduces new measures

The Bundestag saw a heated debate over how best to respond to the dramatic increase in COVID infections.
PoliticsNovember 18, 2021
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