Themen im Bundestagswahlkampf 2021
Mit den zentralen Themen der Bundestagswahl 2021 befasst sich die neue Reihe #Nachgefragt!BTW21 des Portals für Politikwissenschaft. Die Einschätzungen dazu von Sven T. Siefken finden Sie hier …
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Challenges in Parliamentary Representation
Discussing deficits, challenges and solutions in parliamentary representation by the Bundestag – with MP Hanna Steinmüller and Konstantin Kuhle. Broadcast on the German public radio station on March 28 in Deutschlandfunk Kultur and also available online https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/hat-der-bundestag-eine-repraesentationsluecke-100.html – tune in! And read more here: https://doi.org/10.3224/gwp.v70i2.11
Happy Birthday, Bundestag
75 years ago, today, the first German Bundestag held opening meeting. Over the decades, the Bundestag has developed into one of the strongest parliaments in the world. On the occasion of the Bundestag Birthday, Sven T. Siefken spoke with Radio Bremen 2 about the developments in the past and the challenges ahead. A recording of…
Der SPIEGEL über Untersuchungsausschüsse in Bund und Ländern
Untersuchungssausschüsse sind ein etabliertes Instrument parlamentarischer Kontrolle. Sie werden meist von der Opposition zur Aufklärung rückwirkender Geschehnisse eingesetzt. Der SPIEGEL hat in einer groß angelegten Auswertung die Parlamentarischen Untersuchungsausschüsse in Bund und Ländern ausgewertet und zur Einordnung der Ergebnisse mit Sven T. Siefken gesprochen. Den Beitrag finden Sie hier
The „Double Shock“ of the Pandemic
The Pandemic posed a double shock for parliaments around the globe; they had to adjust their ways of working to the requirements of infection protection, and they also needed to deal with the prerogative of executive action. In an interview with German newspaper „Das Parlament“, Sven T. Siefken discusses perspectives of parliamentarism in the Covid-19…
Reforming German Electoral Law – and What it Means for Representation
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…
A Fall of Expert Commissions
The new German government has planned a record number of expert commissions. Sven T. Siefken has been doing research on their various uses for many years and talked about his findings to the Spiegel magazine. There are symbolic uses, they may help settle negotiations by postponing though decisions, but they can also bring about fundamental…
