Bundestag
Berlin's legislative body
The Bundestag is Germany's federal parliament, the principal legislative body of the German government.
Members are elected through a mixed system combining direct constituency votes with proportional representation.
The term combines *Bund* (federation) and *Tag* (assembly or diet): The Bundestag passed the climate legislation last week.
German parliamentary assembly
- plenaryAbsolute and entire
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- factionGroup within group
debate · coalition · chancellor · opposition · majority · minority · bicameral · deliberation
German parliamentary assembly
- domeRounded vault forming roof
- cupolaSmall rooftop dome
- FosterSupport another's development
- restorationReturning something to condition
Organized effort toward goal
- candidatesThose seeking selection
- ballotsVoting forms
- pollingSystematic opinion gathering
- constituenciesElectoral regions or supporter groups
voting · electorate · parties · manifesto · turnout · proportional · threshold · mandate
Reichstag
German parliamentary assembly
faction · debate · coalition · chancellor · opposition · majority · minority · bicameral · deliberation · scrutiny
Reichstag
German parliamentary assembly
campaign
Organized effort toward goal
- candidatesThose seeking selection
- ballotsVoting forms
- pollingSystematic opinion gathering
constituencies · voting · electorate · parties · manifesto · turnout · proportional · threshold · mandate · overhang
bill
Amount owed, written
- amendmentChange to official text
- readingInterpreting written text
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
enactment · statute · provision · clause · proposal · vote · passage · codify · legislative · drafting
Bundestagdictatorship
Unchecked single-ruler government
one-party state · autocracy · totalitarian regime · Politburo · one-party rule