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1 Nationalrat
m POL.1. österr. National Assembly; schw. National Council* * *The Austrian Nationalrat is the representative body elected for a period of four years. It is made up of 183 members whose main duties are to pass laws and to exercise political and financial control over the Federal government. The Swiss Nationalrat is one of the two chambers of the Bundesversammlung. It consists of 200 members who are elected for four years by voters in the cantons and demi-cantons. Each canton has the right to at least one seat the remaining seats are allocated in proportion to each canton's population. See: → Bundesversammlung* * *Na·ti·o·nal·rat1Na·ti·o·nal·rat2, -rä·tin* * *In Austria the Nationalrat is the Federal Assembly's lower house, whose 183 members are elected for four years under a system of proportional representation. The Bundeskanzler commands the majority in the Nationalrat. The Bundesrat, the 64-member upper house, is elected by provincial assemblies. In Switzerland the National Council is made up of 200 representatives. Together with the Ständerat it forms the Federal Assembly* * *1. österr National Assembly; schweiz National Council* * *In Austria the Nationalrat is the Federal Assembly's lower house, whose 183 members are elected for four years under a system of proportional representation. The Bundeskanzler commands the majority in the Nationalrat. The Bundesrat, the 64-member upper house, is elected by provincial assemblies. In Switzerland the National Council is made up of 200 representatives. Together with the Ständerat it forms the Federal Assembly -
2 Bundestag
m1. POL. Bundestag, Lower House (of the German Parliament)2. HIST. (1815-1866) Diet of the German Confederation* * *The German Bundestag is the representative body of the Federal Republic of Germany and is elected by the people every four years. There are at least 598 elected representatives, of whom half are directly elected (Erststimme) and half taken from the parties' Landeslisten (Zweitstimme). The Bundestag passes Federal laws, elects the Bundeskanzler, exercises parliamentary control over the Federal government and sets the Federal budget. Although the General Assembly is its public face, the Bundestag carries out most of its work in committees, whose composition reflects that of the Bundestag. At the Land level there is usually a similar body, the Landtag. See: → Bundeskanzler, Erststimme/Zweitstimme* * *Bun·des·tag* * *der Bundestag•• Cultural note:The lower house of the German parliament, which is elected every four years by the German people. The Bundestag is responsible for federal legislation, the federal budget, and electing the Bundeskanzler. Half of the MPs are elected directly and half by proportional representation, in a complicated voting system where each voter has two votes* * *1. POL Bundestag, Lower House (of the German Parliament)* * *der Bundestag•• Cultural note:The lower house of the German parliament, which is elected every four years by the German people. The Bundestag is responsible for federal legislation, the federal budget, and electing the Bundeskanzler. Half of the MPs are elected directly and half by proportional representation, in a complicated voting system where each voter has two votes* * *m.Lower House of German Parliament n.
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