The Federal Elections to the German Bundestag will be held on September 28, 2025. It will be the first time that the reformed electoral law will be used. A new graph – now available in German – by Daniel Hellmann and Sven T. Siefken helps explain how the new electoral law works.
On March 17, the German Bundestag passed the electoral reform bill after heated debate. It will limit the size of parliament at 630 members and uphold the principles of personalized proportional representation. March 16 and 17, Sven T. Siefken participated in a workshop of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, discussing the electoral reform and its consequences.
The American-German Institute (formerly AICGS) hosted a webinar on the ongoing reform of the electoral law in Germany. Boris Herrmann (Süddeutsche Zeitung) and Sven Siefken discussed the details, background and perspectives with Eric Langenbacher (AGI). More here …
The first reading of the reform bill for the electoral law of Germany has been debated in the Bundestag today. Sven T. Siefken discussed with “Die WELT” daily newspaper, if this new law may lead to deserted districts in the future. The complete article is here. In a separate interview, Siefken spoke about topic with…
On July 30, the Constitutional Court of Germany made a decision on the contested reform of electoral law. Sven T. Siefken explains the new law and discusses the reform process in his analysis on the end of a never-ending story. This is the electoral law that will be applied in the upcoming 2025 Bundestag election….