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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Referenced by (143)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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