Government & administration
Deutscher Bundestag
Federal parliament
Directly elected, and it elects the Chancellor — who governs. The President does not. Anyone may petition it directly and is entitled to an answer, and your constituency member holds public surgeries.
What it does
- National legislation
- Petitioning parliament
No counterpart recorded for France yet
We hold this body, but nothing has been verified as its equivalent in the other country. Ask for it and an editor will look.