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
Gespräch zur geplanten Kinderfragestunde im Bundestag
Im Bundestag wird überlegt, nach Vorbild des Parlaments der Niederlande eine Kinderfragestunde einzuführen. Darüber sprach Sven T. Siefken mit dem Kindersender “Tweens” des Mitteldeutschen Rundfunks. Hier finden Sie den Beitrag als Podcast: https://www.mdr.de/tweens/podcast/live-show/live-show-podcast-102.html
After the Bundestag Election – Veto Options for Die Linke and AfD
After the 2025 Bundestag election, the right-populist party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) and the socialist “Die Linke” jointly will have 34 percent of the seats in the Bundestag. This gives them the opportunity to block certain activities that require a 2/3 majority: Changes to the constitution, the election of constitutional court judges. In an interview…
Legitimacy of Special Bundestag Sessions After the 2025 Election
On March 13, 2025, the Bundestag gathers for a special session to hold the first reading of bills that will amend the constitution. The goal is to allow for military spending unlimited by the constitutional debt brake. On top, a special debt program of 500 billion Euro for infrastructure spending is planned. These far-ranging decisions…
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…
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…
