President of the Bundestag Bärbel Bas:“In the heart of democracy, a woman is responsible”
Bärbel Bas is happy about her election as President of the Bundestag at the constituent session of the new Bundestag in Berlin.
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The SPD politician Bärbel Bas succeeds Wolfgang Schäuble as President of the Bundestag. The deputies are now determined. There may be only one man among them. The developments in the live blog.
By Julia Bergmann, Miriam Dahlinger, Philipp Saul and Nadja Tausche
A good four weeks after the general election, the 736 MPs meet for the first time. All information about the constituent meeting in the live blog:
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