National
German Bundestag
- German: Deutscher Bundestag
Governs Germany
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- Must be held by March 2029 (no fixed date) General election · Member of the Bundestag
Who sits on it
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President of the Bundestag
Chosen by the German Bundestag from among its members
Julia Klöckner
President of the Bundestag CDU · since March 2025
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630 members of the Bundestag
Elected
See every Member of the Bundestag and their riding, or look up an address to find yours.
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Sources for who sits on it
- President of the Bundestag gesetze-im-internet.de · checked
- Julia Klöckner as President of the Bundestag
bundestag.de
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de.wikipedia.org · checked - Member of the Bundestag gesetze-im-internet.de · checked
What it can do
- Federal legislation
Passes federal laws; bills are introduced by the government, the Bundesrat or members of the Bundestag (Art. 76-78 Basic Law).
- Election of the Federal Chancellor
Elects the Federal Chancellor and can remove the Chancellor only by electing a successor, a constructive vote of no confidence (Art. 63 and 67 Basic Law).
- Federal budget
Adopts the annual federal budget by law (Art. 110 Basic Law).
- Scrutiny of the government
May set up committees of inquiry and summon members of the government (Art. 43 and 44 Basic Law).
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Sources for what it can do
- Federal legislation gesetze-im-internet.de · checked
- Election of the Federal Chancellor gesetze-im-internet.de · checked
- Federal budget gesetze-im-internet.de · checked
- Scrutiny of the government gesetze-im-internet.de · checked
Sources
- gesetze-im-internet.de · checked Federal Ministry of Justice, Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Basic Law), current consolidated text, read 2026-10-12: structure, selection methods and competences of the federal bodies (Arts. 38-69, 50-53, 93-94); body names and websites from each body's own site. For: German Bundestag, German Bundestag in German, Federal legislation, Election of the Federal Chancellor, Federal budget and 4 more
- bundestag.de · checked Deutscher Bundestag, MdB-Stammdaten (XML), version 1777449783 generated 2026-04-29, read 2026-10-12: members of the 21st Bundestag, party, group, constituency or state list, mandate start. Post-snapshot change (Breilmann replacing Heveling from 2026-06-01) from Wikipedia, Liste der Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages (21. Wahlperiode), read 2026-10-12. For: Armin Laschet as Member of the Bundestag, Aachen I (constituency 86), Catarina dos Santos-Wintz as Member of the Bundestag, Aachen II (constituency 87), Roderich Kiesewetter as Member of the Bundestag, Aalen – Heidenheim (constituency 270), Mechthild Heil as Member of the Bundestag, Ahrweiler (constituency 197), Thomas Korell as Member of the Bundestag, Altmark – Jerichower Land (constituency 66) and 625 more
- bundestag.de · checked Deutscher Bundestag, President of the Bundestag (bundestag.de), read 2026-10-12: Julia Klöckner, elected 2025-03-25. For: Julia Klöckner as President of the Bundestag
- de.wikipedia.org · checked Fallback: Wikipedia (de), Präsident des Bundesrates, read 2026-10-12: Bovenschulte President from 2025-11-01; Klöckner as President of the Bundestag from 2025-03-25 (bundestag.de). Official bundesrat.de not read. For: Julia Klöckner as President of the Bundestag