Bundesrat

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The Bundesrat is Germany’s federal council in which the governments of the 16 states (Länder) are represented and participate directly in national legislation and administration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf federal council
legislative body
buildingArchitecturalStyle neo-Renaissance
buildingCompleted 1904
canDelay other federal legislation
cannotBe directly elected by citizens
canVeto laws requiring Bundesrat consent
coLegislatesWith Bundestag
composition members of the state governments
constitutionalStatus constitutional body
country Germany
decisionRule absolute majority of votes cast for most laws
two-thirds majority for constitutional amendments
established 1949
hasCommittee Committee on European Union Affairs
Committee on Finance
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Legal Affairs
hasJurisdictionOver matters affecting the Länder
hasPart committees of the Bundesrat
houseType upper house
legalBasis Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
legislativeChamberOf Federal Republic of Germany
linked to: Germany
locatedIn Berlin
maximumVotesPerState 6
meetsIn Bundesrat plenary chamber
membersAppointedBy state governments
minimumVotesPerState 3
nativeLabel Bundesrat
numberOfMembers 69
numberOfStatesRepresented 16
officialName Bundesrat
Federal Council
participatesIn European Union affairs
federal administration
federal legislation
partOf bicameral legislature of Germany
legislature of Germany
predecessor Bundesrat of the German Empire
linked to: Bundesrat

Reichsrat of the Weimar Republic
presidencyRotation rotates annually among minister-presidents of the Länder
presidentRole chair of the Bundesrat
deputy to the Federal President
presidentTitle President of the Bundesrat
previousSeat Bonn
represents German federal states
Länder (states) of Germany
linked to: German states
seat Bundesrat building, Berlin
termLength depends on membership in state government
votingSystem block voting by state

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Germany upperHouse Bundesrat
Lower Saxony memberOf Bundesrat of Germany
linked to: Bundesrat
Berlin isSeatOf German Bundesrat
linked to: Bundesrat
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern memberOf Bundesrat of Germany
linked to: Bundesrat
German Unity Day decisionBody German Bundesrat
linked to: Bundesrat
Federal Council (Austria) officialName Bundesrat
subject linked to: Federal Council
Bundesrat (Germany) officialName Bundesrat
subject linked to: Bundesrat
Bundesrat (Germany) nativeLabel Bundesrat
subject linked to: Bundesrat
Bundesrat (Germany) predecessor Bundesrat of the German Empire
subject linked to: Bundesrat
linked to: Bundesrat
German Empire upperHouse Bundesrat
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany establishesInstitution Bundesrat
subject linked to: Basic Law
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany appointingAuthority Bundesrat
Minister-President of Bavaria participatesIn Bundesrat of Germany
linked to: Bundesrat
Minister-President of Lower Saxony memberOf Bundesrat of Germany
linked to: Bundesrat
Minister-President of Lower Saxony participatesIn Bundesrat of Germany
linked to: Bundesrat
Brandenburg memberOf Bundesrat of Germany
linked to: Bundesrat
Saxony-Anhalt memberOf Bundesrat of Germany
linked to: Bundesrat
Committee on European Union Affairs relatedTo Bundesrat EU Committee
linked to: Bundesrat
Coat of arms of Germany usedBy Bundesrat
Federal Convention (Germany) notToBeConfusedWith Bundesrat
subject linked to: Federal Convention
Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate participatesIn Bundesrat of Germany
linked to: Bundesrat
BR officialName Bundesrat
Unified Germany upperHouse Bundesrat
subject linked to: unified Germany
Minister-President of Hesse memberOf Bundesrat of Germany
linked to: Bundesrat
State of Berlin memberOf Bundesrat of Germany
linked to: Bundesrat
State of Berlin hostsInstitution German Bundesrat
linked to: Bundesrat
Edmund Stoiber memberOf Bundesrat of Germany
linked to: Bundesrat
Federal Minister with portfolio mayHaveSeatIn Bundesrat of Germany
linked to: Bundesrat
Office of the Federal President (Germany) coordinatesWith Bundesrat of Germany
subject linked to: Office of the Federal President
linked to: Bundesrat
Parlament hasPart Bundesrat
Parlament upperHouse Bundesrat
Bundesrat building, Berlin occupant Bundesrat of Germany
linked to: Bundesrat
Committee on Finance (Bundesrat, Germany) partOf Bundesrat (Germany)
subject linked to: Committee on Finance
linked to: Bundesrat
Committee on Finance (Bundesrat, Germany) legislativeBody Bundesrat (Germany)
subject linked to: Committee on Finance
linked to: Bundesrat
Bavarian State Government memberOf Bundesrat of Germany
linked to: Bundesrat
Federal Council (Germany) officialName Bundesrat
subject linked to: Federal Council
Federal Council (Germany) nativeLabel Bundesrat
subject linked to: Federal Council
Federal Council (Germany) precededBy Bundesrat of the German Empire
subject linked to: Federal Council
linked to: Bundesrat
Committee on Legal Affairs (Bundesrat, Germany) partOf Bundesrat of Germany
subject linked to: Committee on Legal Affairs
linked to: Bundesrat
Committee on Legal Affairs (Bundesrat, Germany) legislativeBody Bundesrat of Germany
subject linked to: Committee on Legal Affairs
linked to: Bundesrat