Bundestag

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constitutional body of Germany federal parliament legislative body lower house of parliament

The Bundestag is the federal parliament of Germany, serving as the primary legislative body and central institution of the country’s representative democracy.

Aliases (8)

German Bundestag ×17
plenary of the German Bundestag ×3
20th Bundestag ×1
Bundestag biography ×1
Bundestag of Germany ×1
Deutscher Bundestag ×1
Federal Republic of Germany legislature ×1
Parliamentary Council of West Germany ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional body of Germany → federal parliament → legislative body → lower house of parliament →
approves	federal budget of Germany →
canBeDissolvedBy	Federal President of Germany →
canBeDissolvedUnder	specific conditions defined in the Basic Law →
composition	members of the Bundestag (MdB) →
constitutionalBasis	Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany →
country	Germany →
createdBy	Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany →
currentPresidentTitle	President of the Bundestag →
electoralSystem	mixed-member proportional representation → personalized proportional representation →
elects	Federal Chancellor of Germany → Federal President of Germany (jointly in Federal Convention) →
function	oversees the Federal Government → participates in election of Federal Constitutional Court judges → passes federal laws → represents the German people →
hasCommittee	Budget Committee → Committee on European Union Affairs → Committee on Internal Affairs → Committee on Legal Affairs → Defence Committee → Foreign Affairs Committee →
hasJurisdiction	federal level of Germany →
hasSpeaker	President of the Bundestag →
hasWebsite	https://www.bundestag.de →
inception	1949 →
isChairedBy	President of the Bundestag →
languageOfWork	German →
legislativeBranchOf	Federal Republic of Germany →
locatedIn	Berlin → German federal district of Berlin →
meetsFrequency	regular sessions and special sessions as required →
meetsIn	Reichstag building →
meetsInChamberType	plenary chamber →
membersElectedBy	German citizens with the right to vote in federal elections →
officialName	Deutscher Bundestag →
partOf	political system of Germany →
precededBy	Reichstag (German Empire and Weimar Republic) →
publishes	Bundestag printed papers (Drucksachen) → Plenary protocols →
role	central institution of representative democracy in Germany → primary legislative body of Germany →
shortName	Bundestag →
supervises	Federal Government of Germany →
termLength	4 years →
votingSystem	two-vote system (first-past-the-post and party list) →

Referenced by (67)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Budget Committee ("German Bundestag") → Committee on European Union Affairs ("German Bundestag") → Committee on Internal Affairs → Committee on Legal Affairs → Foreign Affairs Committee (German Bundestag) ("German Bundestag") → Olaf Scholz →	legislativeBody
Budget Committee ("plenary of the German Bundestag") → Chancellor of Germany → Committee on Internal Affairs ("plenary of the German Bundestag") → Committee on Legal Affairs ("plenary of the German Bundestag") → German Federal Cabinet →	reportsTo
Alliance 90/The Greens → Christian Democratic Union of Germany → Christian Social Union in Bavaria → Christian Social Union in Bavaria → Social Democratic Party of Germany →	representedIn
Hildegard Hamm-Brücher → Kurt Georg Kiesinger → Theodor Heuss ("Bundestag of Germany") → Ursula von der Leyen →	memberOf
Budget Committee ("German Bundestag") → Committee on Internal Affairs ("German Bundestag") → Committee on Legal Affairs ("German Bundestag") → Foreign Affairs Committee (German Bundestag) ("German Bundestag") →	partOf
Germany → President of the Bundestag → Unified Germany →	legislature
Angela Dorothea Kasner → Angela Merkel → Angela Merkel →	parliamentaryBody
Foreign Affairs Committee (German Bundestag) ("German Bundestag") → President of the Bundestag →	appointedBy
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany →	establishesInstitution
Chancellor of Germany → Federal Government of Germany →	requiresConfidenceOf
Federal Government of Germany →	accountableTo
German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina ("German Bundestag") →	advises
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany →	appointingAuthority
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany →	appointmentBody
Vice Chancellor of Germany →	associatedBody
Bundesrat (Germany) →	coLegislatesWith
Mitte ("German Bundestag") →	contains
German Unity Day ("German Bundestag") →	decisionBody
Frank-Walter Steinmeier ("Bundestag biography") →	describedBySource
Chancellor of Germany →	electedBy
Stralsund – Nordvorpommern – Rügen →	electsTo
Act on Titles, Orders and Decorations of 1951 ("Federal Republic of Germany legislature") →	enactedBy
Reichstag building →	governingBody
Christian Social Union in Bavaria →	hasMemberOfParliament
Free Democratic Party →	hasParliamentaryGroupIn
State of Berlin ("German Bundestag") →	hostsInstitution
Berlin ("German Bundestag") →	isSeatOf
Stralsund – Nordvorpommern – Rügen ("German Bundestag") →	legislativeBodyRepresented
traffic light coalition agreement 2021 ("20th Bundestag") →	legislativePeriod
Unified Germany →	lowerHouse
Federal Convention (Germany) ("German Bundestag") →	notToBeConfusedWith
Bundestag ("Deutscher Bundestag") →	officialName
Committee on European Union Affairs ("German Bundestag") →	parentOrganization
Defence Committee ("German Bundestag") →	parliamentaryBodyOf
Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) →	parliamentaryRepresentation
German Federal Cabinet →	politicallyAccountableTo
Bundesversammlung →	relatedInstitution
Parliamentary Council →	replacedBy
Bundestag →	shortName
Reichstag of Nazi Germany ("Parliamentary Council of West Germany") →	successor
Coat of arms of Germany →	usedBy