Germany

German Bundestag

Political system
Parliamentary system
Structure of parliament
Bicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Administration

Parliamentary and State budget

Legal document(s) specifying parliament’s power over its budget
Constitution
Standing Orders of Parliament
Other

Notes: Federal Budget Code (Bundeshaushaltsordnung), § 23 III BHO.

Responsibility for preparing the proposal for the parliamentary budget
Parliament and the Executive together
Decision-making about the maximum amount of the parliamentary budget
Other

Notes: The amount of the budget is agreed between parliament and the Executive. If they cannot agree, a special bill is prepared and attached to the budget, but this has not yet occurred.

Decision-making about the allocation of the parliamentary budget
Parliament decides how to allocate the budget
National currency
Euro (EUR)
PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor
0.730
(2023)
Parliament’s budget, per year
1,144,199,000 EUR
(2022)
Parliament’s budget, per year in PPP
1,552,508,820
(2022)
Offices included in the parliamentary budget
Other institutions

Notes:

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces (Wehrbeauftragte)

Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung)

Members of the European Parliament (Mitglieder des Europäischen Parlaments)

Permanent Representative of the Parliamentary Oversight Panel (Parlamentarische Kontrolle der Nachrichtendienste)

Federal Parliamentary Commissioner for the Victims of the SED Dictatorship (Bundesbeauftragte für die Opfer der SED-Diktatur)

Budget for the chamber
1,140,618,000 EUR
(2023)
Chamber budget, per year in PPP
1,562,490,411
There is a separate budget for each chamber in a bicameral parliament
Yes
(2023)
State budget, per year
46,121,178,200 EUR
(2023)
Proportion of the State budget devoted to parliament, per year
Click for historical data

Parliamentary staff

The parliamentary administration is independent from the government
Yes
Parliament has control over the recruitment of parliamentary staff
Yes
There is one or more gender equality policy that applies to the parliamentary administration
Yes
Links to gender equality policies
No information available
Number of staff employed by the parliament (FTE)
3,348
(2022)
Number of staff employed by the chamber (FTE)
2,839
(2023)
Not applicable. The staff work for the entire parliament.
No

Secretary General

Authority that selects the Secretary General
The Speaker
Chamber/Parliament votes to approve the selection of the Secretary General
No
Length of term of the Secretary General
No fixed term
Previous occupation of the current Secretary General
Parliamentary staff

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No