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This paper focuses on a subset of the interest group population in the German health policy sector . Analyzing the invitation lists to all public hearings the health committee of the German Bundestag carried out between the 15th and the 19th...

Since the European elections in 2014, the number of parties elected to the European Parliament (EP) in Germany has more than doubled . The removal of the 5-percent threshold in electoral law gave seven small(est) parties with an increasing number of...

The British party system has been historically defined by two major parties, the Conservatives and the Labour Party . Parliamentary and election rules have reinforced this dominance which, in the twenty first century, is facing major challenges ....

The parliamentary elections to South Korea’s 22nd National Assembly on April 10, 2024, were a classic mid-term election occurring during the five-year term of conservative President Yoon Suk-yeol, who had assumed office two years earlier . The...

Parliaments have long been concerned with taking data protection into account in their work . However, since the GDPR entered into force, there has been intense debate as to whether it also applies to core parliamentary activities – in particular...

This essay examines the acceleration of legislative procedures and fast-track legislation based on the legal framework of constitutional law, rules of procedure and parliamentary practice in the Federal Republic of Germany . In the multi-sectional...

After 14 years in opposition, Labour is back in power . A governing party in conflict with itself, big and unresolved economic problems, and a Scottish National Party that managed to steer itself in a political cul-de-sac made change possible . The...