Bundestag
German government
- German:
- “Federal Assembly”
- Headquarters:
- Berlin
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Left Party gains confidence as German election nears
• Jan. 19, 2025, 11:48 PM ET (Deutsche Welle)
German parties divided over Ukraine aid
• Jan. 16, 2025, 9:11 PM ET (Deutsche Welle)
German election will be test for Sahra Wagenknecht and BSW
• Jan. 16, 2025, 6:19 AM ET (Deutsche Welle)
Meet the pro-Russia, anti-Israel populist that wants to remake German politics
• Jan. 14, 2025, 7:55 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
BSW faces hard fight in first Bundestag campaign
• Jan. 12, 2025, 9:42 AM ET (Deutsche Welle)
Bundestag, one of the two legislative chambers of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Bundestag is the lower house, representing the nation as a whole and elected by universal suffrage under a system of mixed direct and proportional representation. Members serve four-year terms. The Bundestag in turn elects the chancellor (prime minister), who is the head of government. It meets in the Reichstag building in Berlin. The term Bundestag was also applied to the federal Diet of the German Confederation (1815–66).