BUNDESTAG Definition & Meaning

Bundestag

[boon-duhs-tahg, boon-duhs-tahk]

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noun

the lower house of the federal legislature of Germany.

Bundestag

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noun

(in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the legislative assembly, which is elected by universal adult suffrage and elects the federal chancellor

Bundestag

The lower house of the legislature of Germany.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Bundestag¹

1875–80; < German: federal assembly, equivalent to Bundes, genitive of Bund federation + -tag, derivative of tagen to meet, assemble; diet ²

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Bundestag¹

C19: German, from Bund federation + -tag , from tagen to meet

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Friedrich Merz needed 316 votes in the 630-seat Bundestag but only secured 310, in a significant blow to the Christian Democrat leader, two and a half months after winning Germany's federal elections.

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The Bundestag will now have another 14 days to choose either Merz or another candidate as chancellor.

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His rival and former chancellor Angela Merkel had come to the Bundestag to watch the vote take place.

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"I think we really need to prove that we solve the problems, not in a radical way, just in a very responsible, visible, detailed way," says Mark Helfrich, a CDU member of the Bundestag.

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The new designation has reignited calls to ban the AfD ahead of a vote next week in the parliament, or Bundestag, to confirm conservative leader Friedrich Merz as chancellor.

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