Tag: Parliamentarism
Bavaria: CSU, Greens, Free Voters and SPD want harsher punishments in the state parliament – Bavaria
The CSU, Greens, Free Voters and SPD factions want to strengthen the culture of debate in the Bavarian state parliament by changing the law on representatives. The planned change is…
State Parliament: Report on the “extremism clause” should be available by the summer break – Bavaria
A legal opinion on the introduction of a so-called extremism clause in the Bavarian Parliamentary Law should be available by the parliamentary summer break. According to its own information, the…
Election in South Korea: Liberal wins – politics
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was initially not visible the day after his conservative People Power Party (PPP) suffered a heavy election defeat. Presidential Office Chief Lee Kwan-seop chaired the…
Election in Pakistan: The winner is in prison – politics
Shortly after the polls closed in Islamabad, there was a bang. But it was all the fault of eight young men who were squashed together on three small motorcycles, their…
Bundestag: A cultural history of political insults – Politics
The last parliamentary debates of 2023 have once again impressively demonstrated how imaginatively MPs insult each other. The history of the German Bundestag is also a history of creative mobs.…
CDU politician: Mourning for Schäuble: “Giant of parliamentarism” died
Schäuble, one of the most influential politicians of the past decades, has died. He played a significant role in the realization of German unity. But he was also denied important…
AfD provokes with final words before the Christmas break – Söder opposes – Bavaria
During the traditional closing words before Parliament’s Christmas break, the President of the Bavarian State Parliament, Ilse Aigner (CSU), called on MPs to show decency and verbal moderation. “I never…
In the middle of Bayreuth: A council gets out – Bavaria
Minute 165 of the debate in the Bayreuth city council is agenda item 10 and the question of whether cars will only be allowed to occupy one lane on certain…
Bavaria: State parliament constitutes itself. Aigner is re-elected – Bavaria
The plenary hall in the Bavarian state parliament is slowly filling up, Paul Knoblach has been sitting in rehearsal for half an hour – in the front center of the…
King Felipe entrusts Spain’s opposition leader Feijóo with forming a government – politics
The Spanish King Felipe VI. has tasked conservative opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo with forming a new government. This was announced by Parliament President Francina Armengol after the head of…