Bundesrat

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federal council legislative body

The Bundesrat is Germany’s federal council in which the governments of the 16 states (Länder) are represented and participate directly in national legislation and administration.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Bundesrat canonical 45
Bundesrat of Germany 31
Bundesrat of the German Empire 6

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal council ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
buildingArchitecturalStyle neo-Renaissance ⓘ
buildingCompleted 1904 ⓘ
canDelay other federal legislation ⓘ
cannotBe directly elected by citizens ⓘ
canVeto laws requiring Bundesrat consent ⓘ
coLegislatesWith Bundestag ⓘ
composition members of the state governments ⓘ
constitutionalStatus constitutional body ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
decisionRule absolute majority of votes cast for most laws ⓘ
two-thirds majority for constitutional amendments ⓘ
established 1949 ⓘ
hasCommittee Committee on European Union Affairs ⓘ
Committee on Finance ⓘ
Foreign Affairs Committee ⓘ
surface form: Committee on Foreign Affairs

Committee on Legal Affairs ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver matters affecting the Länder ⓘ
hasPart committees of the Bundesrat ⓘ
houseType upper house ⓘ
legalBasis Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
legislativeChamberOf Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
locatedIn Berlin ⓘ
maximumVotesPerState 6 ⓘ
meetsIn Bundesrat plenary chamber ⓘ
membersAppointedBy state governments ⓘ
minimumVotesPerState 3 ⓘ
nativeLabel Bundesrat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
numberOfMembers 69 ⓘ
numberOfStatesRepresented 16 ⓘ
officialName Bundesrat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Federal Council ⓘ
participatesIn European Union affairs ⓘ
federal administration ⓘ
federal legislation ⓘ
partOf bicameral legislature of Germany ⓘ
legislature of Germany ⓘ
predecessor Bundesrat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bundesrat of the German Empire

Reichsrat of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
presidencyRotation rotates annually among minister-presidents of the Länder ⓘ
presidentRole chair of the Bundesrat ⓘ
deputy to the Federal President ⓘ
presidentTitle President of the Bundesrat ⓘ
previousSeat Bonn ⓘ
represents German federal states ⓘ
German states ⓘ
surface form: Länder (states) of Germany
seat Bundesrat building, Berlin ⓘ
termLength depends on membership in state government ⓘ
votingSystem block voting by state ⓘ

Referenced by (96)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Germany → upperHouse → Bundesrat ⓘ
Lower Saxony → memberOf → Bundesrat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundesrat of Germany
Berlin → isSeatOf → Bundesrat ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Bundesrat
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany → establishesInstitution → Bundesrat ⓘ
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern → memberOf → Bundesrat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundesrat of Germany
German Unity Day → decisionBody → Bundesrat ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Bundesrat
Federal Council → officialName → Bundesrat ⓘ
subject surface form: Federal Council (Austria)
Bundesrat → officialName → Bundesrat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Bundesrat (Germany)
Bundesrat → nativeLabel → Bundesrat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Bundesrat (Germany)
Bundesrat → predecessor → Bundesrat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Bundesrat (Germany)
this entity surface form: Bundesrat of the German Empire
German Empire → upperHouse → Bundesrat ⓘ
Basic Law → establishesInstitution → Bundesrat ⓘ
subject surface form: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany → appointmentBody → Bundesrat ⓘ
Federal Constitutional Court to review laws for constitutionality → appointingAuthority → Bundesrat ⓘ
subject surface form: Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
Minister-President of Bavaria → participatesIn → Bundesrat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundesrat of Germany
Minister-President of Lower Saxony → memberOf → Bundesrat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundesrat of Germany
Minister-President of Lower Saxony → participatesIn → Bundesrat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundesrat of Germany
Social Democratic Party of Germany → representedIn → Bundesrat ⓘ
Brandenburg → memberOf → Bundesrat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundesrat of Germany
Saxony-Anhalt → memberOf → Bundesrat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundesrat of Germany
Committee on European Union Affairs → relatedTo → Bundesrat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundesrat EU Committee
Coat of arms of Germany → usedBy → Bundesrat ⓘ
Federal Convention → notToBeConfusedWith → Bundesrat ⓘ
subject surface form: Federal Convention (Germany)
Bundesversammlung → relatedInstitution → Bundesrat ⓘ
Vice Chancellor of Germany → associatedBody → Bundesrat ⓘ
Federal Government of Germany → cooperatesWith → Bundesrat ⓘ
Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate → participatesIn → Bundesrat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundesrat of Germany
BR → officialName → Bundesrat ⓘ
Federal Council Chamber in Parliament Building → associatedWith → Bundesrat ⓘ
unified Germany → upperHouse → Bundesrat ⓘ
subject surface form: Unified Germany
Minister-President of Hesse → memberOf → Bundesrat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundesrat of Germany
State of Berlin → memberOf → Bundesrat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundesrat of Germany
State of Berlin → hostsInstitution → Bundesrat ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Bundesrat
Edmund Stoiber → memberOf → Bundesrat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundesrat of Germany
Federal Ministers with portfolio → mayHaveSeatIn → Bundesrat ⓘ
subject surface form: Federal Minister with portfolio
this entity surface form: Bundesrat of Germany
Office of the Federal President → coordinatesWith → Bundesrat ⓘ
subject surface form: Office of the Federal President (Germany)
this entity surface form: Bundesrat of Germany
Parlament → hasPart → Bundesrat ⓘ
Parlament → upperHouse → Bundesrat ⓘ
Bundesrat building, Berlin → occupant → Bundesrat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundesrat of Germany
Committee on Finance → partOf → Bundesrat ⓘ
subject surface form: Committee on Finance (Bundesrat, Germany)
this entity surface form: Bundesrat (Germany)
Committee on Finance → legislativeBody → Bundesrat ⓘ
subject surface form: Committee on Finance (Bundesrat, Germany)
this entity surface form: Bundesrat (Germany)
Bavarian State Government → memberOf → Bundesrat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundesrat of Germany
Federal Council → officialName → Bundesrat ⓘ
subject surface form: Federal Council (Germany)
Federal Council → nativeLabel → Bundesrat ⓘ
subject surface form: Federal Council (Germany)
Federal Council → precededBy → Bundesrat ⓘ
subject surface form: Federal Council (Germany)
this entity surface form: Bundesrat of the German Empire
President of the Bundesrat → partOf → Bundesrat ⓘ
President of the Bundesrat → legislativeBody → Bundesrat ⓘ
President of the Bundesrat → appointedBy → Bundesrat ⓘ
Committee on Legal Affairs → partOf → Bundesrat ⓘ
subject surface form: Committee on Legal Affairs (Bundesrat, Germany)
this entity surface form: Bundesrat of Germany
Committee on Legal Affairs → legislativeBody → Bundesrat ⓘ
subject surface form: Committee on Legal Affairs (Bundesrat, Germany)
this entity surface form: Bundesrat of Germany