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Bundestag (Germany's lower house of parliament)

The "Bundestag" is Germany's main legislative body. Its over 600 members are elected every four years in a mixed system of constituency and list voting.

All legislation has to pass first the Bundestag and then the Bundesrat, the upper house. The Bundestag is located in Berlin in the "Reichstag" building near the Brandenburg Gate.

Deutscher Bundestag l Georg Nüßlein, CSU

German MP faces bribery allegations over COVID masks deal 25.02.2021

Conservative lawmaker Georg Nüsslein faces accusations he received €660,000 to lobby for a mask supplier. The Bundestag voted unanimously to lift his immunity.
Deutschland Reichstagsgebäude in Berlin

Man charged with passing Bundestag details to Russia 25.02.2021

Federal prosecutors have charged a German citizen with passing blueprints and building plans of the Bundestag parliament to a suspected GRU agent in the Russian Embassy.
Symbolbild I Deutsche Soldaten in Afghanistan

German cabinet agrees to extend Afghanistan mission 24.02.2021

The German government has agreed to extend its military mandate in Afghanistan into 2022. The extension now requires the approval of the Bundestag lower house of parliament. 
Tareq Alaows | Kandidatur | Bundestag

Syrian Tareq Alaows aims to be voice for refugees in German Bundestag 05.02.2021

While there are many debates about asylum-seekers in Germany, would-be lawmaker Tareq Alaows tells DW that nobody talks to the refugees themselves.
Deutschland Berlin - Polizei patroulliert am wieder geöffneten Weihnachtsmarkt am Breitscheidplatz

German court: Informants' handler must stay secret 03.02.2021

Germany's intelligence agencies face scrutiny from lawmakers over the deadly Christmas market terror attack in 2016. However, the country's top court refused to let lawmakers quiz an informants' supervisor.
Tareq Alaows | Kandidatur | Bundestag

Syrian refugee Tareq Alaows launches bid for German parliament 03.02.2021

After fleeing Syria's civil war in 2015, the 31-year-old social worker and Green party candidate is hoping to become the first refugee from Syria to be elected to the Bundestag.

Deutschland Holocaust Gedenktag Bundestag Berlin

Holocaust Remembrance Day: 'Anti-Semitism starts with conspiracy theories' 27.01.2021

Prominent German Jewish figures have warned of the danger of conspiracy theories and rising anti-Semitism during the Bundestag's annual Holocaust memorial service.
Deutschland Berlin | Denkmal | Holocaust-Gedenken

Holocaust Remembrance Day marks 25 years 26.01.2021

Since 1996, survivors of the Nazi regime and world leaders have been invited to address the German Bundestag each year on January 27 to commemorate the Holocaust. Often, they focus on contemporary issues.
USA | Washington | US-Repräsentantenhaus | Atmosphäre

Bundestag discusses support for Biden after Capitol riots 14.01.2021

Germany's parliament focused on the attack on the US Congress and the need to protect democracy and support the administration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
Rumänien | Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages in Bukarest

How strong is democracy in Europe? 13.01.2021

Speaking to DW's Conflict Zone, Gunther Krichbaum, head of the Bundestag EU affairs committee, defended the EU decision to tie budget payments to the rule of law, saying it helps put pressure on problematic countries.
Deutschland Corona-Pandemie | Demo gegen Impfpflicht vor dem Reichstag

Germany reviews parliament security after US Capitol riot 07.01.2021

Germany is to look at beefing up security at its own national parliament after the storming of the US Congress by violent protesters.
Bundestag Wolfgang Kubicki stellvertretender Bundestagspräsident

German parliament has rowdiest year in decades 03.01.2021

German MPs have been reprimanded more times in the past four years than at any other time since reunification, a new report has revealed.
Berlin | UN-Generalsekretär Guterres im Bundestag

UN chief Antonio Guterres: COVID vaccine 'belongs to the people' 18.12.2020

In a speech in the German parliament, Guterres urged for countries to ensure the widest possible coronavirus vaccine access, saying it should be considered a "public good."
DW Dokumentationen | Tönnies und die Werkverträge

Opinion: Germany's informal workers deserve better 17.12.2020

Conditions are set to improve in Germany’s abattoirs after several COVID-19 outbreaks shone a spotlight on the exploitation of mostly eastern European workers. Other sectors need change too, says Grzegorz Szymanowski.
Inside Europe Teaser

Inside Europe: 11.12.2020 11.12.2020

First COVID-19 vaccines administered in UK — Angela Merkel rocks Bundestag with pandemic speech — Germany surpasses 20,000 COVID deaths — Canary Islands: New escape route for African migrants — Deadline looms for Britons who want to live in the EU — Circuses in Italy set off the alarm bells — and more.

Logo Bündnis 90/Die Grünen

Living Planet: A Greener Germany 10.12.2020

In Germany, the Greens have been gaining momentum and political power in recent years. With Chancellor Angela Merkel stepping down next year, might the Green Party have an even bigger role to play in shaping Germany's future?

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