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  2. The German Bundesrat (German: [ˈbʊndəsˌʁaːt] ⓘ, lit. ' Federal Council ') is a legislative body that represents the sixteen Länder (federated states) of Germany at the federal level (German: Bundesebene). The Bundesrat meets at the former Prussian House of Lords in Berlin. Its second seat is located in the former West German capital of ...

  3. Meeting of the German-French Friendship Groups. German-French Friendship Groups of the French Senate and the Bundesrat: a constructive dialogue as an impetus for increased collaboration More ...

  4. Germany is a democratic and federal parliamentary republic, where federal legislative power is vested in the Bundestag (the parliament of Germany) and the Bundesrat (the representative body of the Länder, Germany's regional states).

  5. Bundesrat, (German: “Federal Council”), one of the two legislative chambers of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is the Upper House and acts mainly in an advisory capacity, since political power resides in the popularly elected Bundestag, but its consent is required for a large number of laws and.

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  6. 11. Other functions. 1. Position on government draft legislation. The Federal Government introduces the great majority of bills in Germany. The Bundesrat has the "first say" in the parliamentary processing of executive bills, as the Basic Law states that the Federal Government is required to submit its drafts directly to the Bundesrat for comment.

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