Fraktion (Bundestag)

The plenary hall of the German Bundestag is divided into factions.

Fraktion (English: faction or fraction) is the name given to parliamentary groups in the German Bundestag.[1] In order to form a group, they need at least 5% of the members of the Bundestag.[2]

Current factions

  • CDU/CSU faction since September 1949[3]
    • October 1990 to December 1990 CDU/CSU/DSU faction
  • SPD faction since September 1949[4]
  • FDP faction September 1949 to October 2013 and since September 2017[5]
  • Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group since October 1994[6]
    • The Greens parliamentary group March 1983 to October 1990
    • Group The Greens/Alliance 90 October 1990 to December 1990
    • Bündnis 90/Die Grünen group , December 1990 to October 1994
  • AfD parliamentary group since September 2017[7]

References

  1. ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Fraktionen". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  2. ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - IV. Fraktionen". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  3. ^ "cducsu.de – Die CDU/CSU-Fraktion im Deutschen Bundestag". www.cducsu.de. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  4. ^ "SPD-Bundestagsfraktion". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  5. ^ "Zustimmung zu Cookies | FDP Bundestagsfraktion". www.fdpbt.de. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  6. ^ Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. "Startseite". Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-26.{cite web}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Startseite". AfD-Fraktion im deutschen Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-26.

See also