Rules of Procedure of the German Bundestag
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Rules of Procedure of the German Bundestag |
| Abbreviation: | GO-BT, GOBT, BTGO, GeschOBT (all not official) |
| Type: | statute |
| Scope: | German Bundestag |
| Issued on the basis of: | Article 40 (1) sentence 2 of the Basic Law |
| Legal matter: | State and Constitutional Law |
| References : | 1101-1 |
| Original version from: | January 28, 1952 ( BGBl. II p. 389 ) |
| Entry into force on: | January 1, 1952 |
| New announcement from: | May 22, 1970 ( BGBl. I p. 628 ) |
| Last revision from: | July 2, 1980 ( BGBl. I p. 1237 ) |
| Entry into force of the new version on: |
October 1, 1980 |
| Last change by: | Notice of March 25, 2020 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 764 ) |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The rules of procedure of the German Bundestag ( GO-BT , GOBT , BTGO or GeschOBT ) are enacted on the basis of Article 40.1 sentence 2 of the Basic Law and regulate the various procedures and organizational structures as well as the associated rights and obligations of the members and organs of the German Bundestag .
history
In its session on September 20, 1949, the first German Bundestag initially decided on "Rules of Procedure for the Bundestag" in the form of the amended text of the Rules of Procedure of the former Reichstag in the version of December 31, 1922. On November 3, 1949, the Bundestag decided on minor changes of these Rules of Procedure. In its session on December 6, 1951, the Bundestag adopted the “Rules of Procedure of the German Bundestag” ( Federal Law Gazette 1952 II, p. 389), which should come into force on January 1, 1952 in accordance with Section 132 (1). Above all, electoral regulations were revised in it and question time was introduced in Section 111 . This took place for the first time on January 23, 1952. According to a ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court , the rules of procedure must be reissued after each federal election. In practice, however, as was the case with the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic , the rules of procedure of the previous legislative period are usually adopted unchanged.
Annexes and annexes to the rules of procedure
- Annex 1: Rules of conduct for members of the German Bundestag
- Annex 2: Registration of associations and their representatives
- Annex 3: Security regulations of the German Bundestag
- Appendix 4: Guidelines for Question Time and for individual written questions
- Annex 5: Guidelines for debates on topics of general topical interest
- Annex 6: Resolution of the German Bundestag regarding the lifting of the immunity of members of the Bundestag
- Annex 7: Survey of the Federal Government
- Appendix 1: House rules of the German Bundestag dated August 7, 2002 in the version dated June 29, 2020 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1949 )
- Annex 2: Guidelines for the handling of the committee minutes according to § 73 Abs. 3 GOBT
Selected regulations
Traditionally, the strongest parliamentary group holds the post of President of the Bundestag, but this is not explicitly regulated in the rules of procedure.
MPs from one party could also join the faction of the other party as guests with full rights.
Lex Union
The regulation of Section 10 (1) GOBT is referred to as “Lex Union” . According to this, members of parties "that are not in competition with one another in any [federal] state due to similar political goals" may form a parliamentary group (see parliamentary group ).
This regulation was introduced on March 27, 1969, during the reign of the Kiesinger cabinet formed by the CDU / CSU and SPD . Such parliamentary groups previously required the approval of the Bundestag. So far, only the CDU / CSU parliamentary group has benefited from this, since the CSU only competes in national elections in Bavaria , the CDU in all federal states except Bavaria.
At the beginning of the 1980s, the Greens tried unsuccessfully to have this regulation removed in order to prevent the common group of the Union.
See also
- Current hour , parliamentary group (Bundestag) , major inquiry , minor inquiry
- Rules of Procedure of the Bundesrat (Germany) (GOBR), Rules of Procedure for the Joint Committee (GemAusGO), Joint Rules of Procedure of the Bundestag and the Bundesrat for the Committee under Article 77 of the Basic Law (GO-VermA), Rules of Procedure of the Federal Constitutional Court (GOBVerfG), Rules of Procedure of the Federal Government ( GOBReg), Joint Rules of Procedure of the Federal Ministries (GGO)
literature
- Heinrich Georg Ritzel , Joseph Bücker , Hermann Josef Schreiner: Manual for parliamentary practice with commentary on the rules of procedure of the German Bundestag. Loose-leaf, as of: 31st supplement, Wolters Kluwer, Cologne 2016, ISBN 978-3-472-70490-4
Web links
- Text of the rules of procedure of the German Bundestag
- Rules of Procedure of the German Bundestag on its website
- BVerfGE 1, 144 - autonomy of the rules of procedure , judgment of the Second Senate of March 6, 1952, Az. 2 BvE 1/51
Individual evidence
- ↑ BVerfG, judgment of March 6, 1952, Az. 2 BvE 1/51, BVerfGE 1, 144 .
- ↑ announced in Federal Law Gazette I, 1969, No. 30, of April 16, 1969, page 269
- ↑ Sebastian Fischer: Skirmishes for the CDU / CSU parliamentary group: Union prepares for SPD-seat trick. In: Spiegel Online . August 9, 2009.
