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The German Bundesrat (German: [ˈbʊndəsˌʁaːt] ⓘ, lit. ' Federal Council ') is a legislative body [a] that represents the sixteen Länder (federated states) of Germany at the federal level (German: Bundesebene). The Bundesrat meets at the former Prussian House of Lords in Berlin. Its second seat is located in the former West German ...
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This diagram shows the current composition of the German Bundesrat. Layout: it combines both the Representative-style ("horse-shoe" layout of the German Bundesrat and seating order) and Arch-style ("width" representing seats/votes) for election apportionment diagrams.
Upon German unification in 1871, the neighbouring building on Leipziger Straße No. 4 was rebuilt as the seat of the Reichstag of the German Empire, before it moved into the new Reichstag building in 1894. Both the Leipziger Str. No. 3 and 4 buildings were demolished in 1898 to make space for a new building for the House of Lords.
This diagram shows the current composition of the German Bundesrat. Layout: it combines both the Representative-style ("horse-shoe" layout of the German Bundesrat and seating order) and Arch-style ("width" representing seats/votes) for election apportionment diagrams.
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The predecessor of the German Empire, the North German Confederation (1867–1870), had a Bundesrat that was carried over to the newly united Germany with little change. Emperor Wilhelm I (r. 1871–1888) wished to rename the Bundesrat to the "Reichsrat", but his chancellor, Otto von Bismarck , convinced him that the federal character of the ...
Germany is a member of the European Union and the Eurozone. Germany maintains a network of 229 diplomatic missions abroad and holds relations with more than 190 countries. [30] It is the largest contributor to the budget of the European Union (providing 27%) and third largest contributor to the United Nations (providing 8%).