Germany: Social Democrat Berbel Bass new president of the Bundestag

With 576 votes in favor, 90 against and 58 abstentions Berbel Bass was elected President of the Federal Parliament of Germany at its first sitting today, the first, with its new composition.

The 53-year-old Social Democrat MP from Duisburg, a member of “left wing»Του SPD, accepting the result of the vote, referred to Anemari Renger, its first female president Bundestag in 1972, but also in the second, Rita Sushmut, from 1988 to 1998, who was present in the hall: “It is good in our country for the citizens to see a woman taking responsibility in the heart of our democracy”.

In her speech she also pointed out that the fact that the Bundestag is in this legislative period in particular young – with an average age of 47.5 – and multifaceted, and that it is “an opportunity for all of us”, stressing that Parliament must be at the heart of society and its work must reach the last corner country, as transmitted by ΑΠΕ ΜΠΕ.

“I expect from the deputies respect for the citizens, but also from the citizens respect for the Parliament”, she said characteristically, while addressing her predecessor, Wolfgang Schäuble“You have honored our parliamentary democracy,” Ms Bass said.

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