GermanyAufgabe 86 · Politics in a democracy
Who elects the Federal President in Germany?
In the exam (German)
Wer wählt in Deutschland die Bundespräsidentin/den Bundespräsidenten?
- athe Federal Convention (Bundesversammlung)die BundesversammlungCorrect answer
- bthe Federal Council (Bundesrat)der Bundesrat
- cthe federal parliament (Bundesparlament)das Bundesparlament
- dthe Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht)das Bundesverfassungsgericht
Why?
The Federal Convention elects the head of state for five years (Article 54 of the Basic Law, Grundgesetz). It is made up of all the members of the Bundestag and the same number of members elected by the state parliaments, and it only meets for this election. Careful: the Federal Convention (Bundesversammlung) and the Bundestag are not the same thing.
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