The Federal Republic of Germany, or the Federal Republic of Germany, is a Central European state, in which, according to the last census of 2011, 80.2 million people lived on an area of 357.021 thousand square kilometers. Germany is a parliamentary state led by the Bundestag. So what are the functions and role of parliament in this country?
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Formally, the Bundestag is a unicameral body organized according to the principle of popular representation. Currently, it is divided into two parts - government and opposition. The first includes three parties with a total number of 504 votes - Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union of Germany (leader with 255 votes), the Social Democratic Party of Germany with Sigmar Gabriel at its head (193) and the Christian Social Union with Horst Seehofer (56). And the second includes two more German parties - the Left, led by Katya Kipping and Bernd Rixinger (64) and the Greens with leaders Cem Ozdemir and Simone Peter (63). Each of the parties in Germany is assigned its own characteristic color of symbols - black, red, blue, burgundy and green, respectively. The voting system in the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany is of a mixed type.
Step 2
Several important functions are assigned to the German parliament at once - legislative, elective (the election of the federal chancellor, who is currently Angela Merkel), and also control (determining the direction of the government's activities). Moreover, laws in the Bundestag are not only adopted, but also developed. The following feature of the work of the German government is also very interesting: MPs do not neglect their right to often resort to the help of outside experts.
Step 3
Members of the Bundestag are elected in general, direct and free elections, but by secret ballot, since they are representatives of the entire German people, not bound by any obligations and documents and guided only by "their own conscience".
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The chairman of the FRG parliament is traditionally chosen from among the members of the faction, which is the strongest and most numerous. It is Angela Merkel, in addition to the executive functions of the head of the country, who is also obliged to conduct plenary sessions and monitor compliance with strict parliamentary regulations. In addition to the chairman, the following positions and bodies exist in the Bundestag - the vice president (one from each faction), the presidium of the Bundestag (it includes the president of parliament and vice presidents), the Council of Elders, which is rather a legacy of earlier times and dates back to past centuries of the country's existence, various committees, the Bundestag administration and the Bundestag police. Each organ is assigned certain functions.
