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Bundestagswahl Bundestag elections
Facts about the Bundestag election
The 2025 German federal election – key questions and answers surrounding the election of the country’s new parliament.
Treaty of Élysée
Europe
German-French Day
Germany and France celebrate German-French Day on 22 January.
Blick in den leeren Plenarsaal des Bundestags Bundestag elections
What happens after the election
Find out here what happens after the federal election: How is the government formed and which time limits are specified by law?
Das Holocaust-Mahnmal in Berlin.
Vibrant Culture of Remembrance
Crimes of the Nazis - an interactive map of the places of remembrance
Gedenkstätte im Herzen der Hauptstadt: das Holocaust-Mahnmal in Berlin Never forget!
Holocaust Remembrance Day
The Holocaust: simply explained
What does the word “Holocaust” mean? How does Germany commemorate the victims of National Socialism, and why is 27 January an important date? Let us explain.
Die deutsche und die amerikanische Flagge beim Manöver „Tiger Meet“ Transatlantic relations
North America
Durable German-American partnership
A perspective on politics, economics and defence reveals the importance of relations between both countries even in Donald Trump’s second term in office.
Meinungsforscher Manfred Güllner vom Forsa-Institut Bundestag elections
Opinion polling
Polls: a glimpse of the future?
How are election polls conducted? And how reliable are they in predicting people's actual voting behaviour? The opinion researcher Manfred Güllner has the answers to these questions.
Bundeswahlleiterin Ruth Brand Bundestag elections
Electoral law
“Everyone who votes is actively shaping our democracy”
Ruth Brand is responsible for preparing and conducting the Bundestag election. An interview with the federal returning officer.
Bundestagswahl 2017: Jeder Wähler hat zwei Stimmen
This is the way the federal elections work
We explain why every citizen has two votes. Facts about the electoral system.
SPD German political parties
German Politics
SPD: the oldest party
The SPD finds its origins in Germany’s oldest political parties. The Social Democrats still has close ties to unions and workers to this day.
Die Grünen German political parties
German politics
The Greens: the environmental party
Protection of the environment was the motivation for establishing the Greens in the early 1980s. Today they are in the coalition government.
CDU German political parties
German politics
CDU/CSU: the sister parties
The sister parties CDU and CSU, known as the “Union” for short, form the traditionally strongest party in Germany.

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