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The Bundestag (German: [ˈbʊndəstaːk] ⓘ, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament alongside the legally distinct body of the Bundesrat, which together function similar to a bicameral legislature while technically being two separate unicameral legislative entities.
Under Germany's mixed member proportional system of election, the Bundestag has 299 constituencies (Wahlkreise (German: [ˈvaːlˌkʁaɪ̯zə] ⓘ), electoral districts), each of which may elect one member of the Bundestag by first-past-the-post voting (a plurality of votes).
Name used in the default map caption; image = Germany, German Demorcratic Republic location map w·o FRG July 1952 - October 1990.svg The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" top = 54.825 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 50.043 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = 9.616
East Germany (German: Ostdeutschland [ˈɔstˌdɔʏtʃlant] ⓘ), officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik [ˈdɔʏtʃə demoˈkʁaːtɪʃə ʁepuˈbliːk] ⓘ, DDR [ˌdeːdeːˈʔɛʁ] ⓘ), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990.
The Reichstag building in Berlin is the site of the German parliament. The capital of Germany is the City Land of Berlin. [1] It is the seat of the Federal President of Germany, whose official residence is Bellevue Castle. The Federal Council is the representation of the Lands of Germany and has its seat at the former Prussian House of Lords.
Germany's federal system comprises 16 state parliaments (the German terms are Landtag in large states, Bürgerschaft in Bremen and Hamburg, and Abgeordnetenhaus in Berlin), each including directly elected representatives.
The largest by members and parliament seats are the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), with its sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) and Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Germany also has a number of other parties, in recent history most importantly the Free Democratic Party (FDP), Alliance 90/The Greens , The Left , and more ...
Name used in the default map caption; image = Germany, German Demorcratic Republic location map w·o FRG July 1952 - October 1990.svg The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" top = 54.825 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 50.043 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = 9.616