Diet of the German Realm Deutscher Reichstag | |
1st Reichstag | |
Type | |
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Founded | 15.3.2007 |
Type | [Bi-cameral] |
Houses | Reichsrat Reichstag |
Term limits | 4 years |
Leadership | |
Reichsratspräsident | Wilhelm Grabow, DRP since 2016 |
Reichstagspräsident | Wolfgang von Kries, DRP since 2016 |
Structure | |
Members | Reichsrat - 60 Reichstag - 599 |
Reichsrat Political groups | DRP (35) ADAV (15) FVP (10) |
Reichstag Political groups | DRP (311) ADAV (192) FVP (93) |
Elections | |
Reichsrat Voting system | Party-list proportional representation |
Reichstag Voting system | Party-list proportional representation |
Reichsrat Next election | 31.3.2020 |
Reichstag Next election | 31.3.2020 |
Website | |
www.deutchesreichstag.dr |
The legislature of Neue Deutsche Reich consists of a bi-cameral parliament, the Deutsches Reichstag (Diet of the German Realm), consiting of a upper and lower house.
Reichsrat
With the reunification of the Reich in 2016, and the re-establishment of the states, the Reich Council was established as laid down by Section IV of the Constitution, as the upper house in the New German Reich's new bicameral legislature. The Reich government (Reichsregierung) is obliged to inform the Reich Council about state business. The assembly can demand consultation and has the right to demand the introduction of bills by the Reich government. The Reich Council also holds a limited power of veto against Reichstag resolutions, overriden only by another two-thirds vote in the Reichstag.
The delegates are elected by the state population for a 4 year term, with each state being represented by three deputies.
Members are styled Mitglied des Reichsrat (MdRr)
The Reichsrat meets at Leipziger Straße 3-4, in the former Prussian House of Lords (Herrenhaus) building, in Berlin.
Reichstag
The Reichstag (Diet of the Reich) was established under Section III of the Constitution, and consists of 599 deputies of the German people (1 per District(Kreis). The deputies are representatives of the citizenry and are elected by them according to the principles of proportional representation for a 4 year term. Any qualified voter who is twenty-five years of age is eligible for election.
The leader of the Reichstag is the Reichstagspräsident, freely elected by its members. The President administers all the business affairs of the Reichstag within the limits laid down by the state budget law and with the powers of a minister of state.
Members are styled Mitglied des Reichstag (MdRs).
The Reichstag meets in the Reichstagsgebäude (Reichstag Building), situated at Königsplatz 1, in Berlin.