Youth and Parliament
Youth and Parliament is usually an annual event of the German Bundestag . It plays a special role among its offers because it is the only opportunity (alongside state acts and the Federal Assembly) for non-members, members of the Federal Government and members of the Federal Council to enter the plenary hall of the Reichstag building and meet there.
From 1981 to 2003, the event consisted of discussion forums on different, current topics, where the young participants could exchange ideas with members of the Bundestag.
Since 2004, “Youth and Parliament” has been a large-scale simulation game in which 315 participants between the ages of 17 and 20 slip into the role of members of the Bundestag for 4 days. The participants are nominated by the MPs. All of the participants will be randomly divided into currently 3 groups. Each participant receives a fictitious identity; Overall, the “JuP Bundestag”, which exists for 4 days, corresponds statistically - in terms of age, family, occupation, educational background and geographical origin - to the real Bundestag.
The participants "live" the entire legislative process from the introduction through discussions in parliamentary groups and working groups, the first deliberation in the plenary, the committee deliberations, the final discussions in the parliamentary groups to the second and third deliberations in the plenary. Since 2006 the event has regularly closed with a comparison of the experience of the participants with that of the real MPs, usually represented by the parliamentary group chairmen.
The primary goal of the simulation game is not to convey political content, but rather how the parliamentary apparatus works.
The “Youth and Parliament” simulation game is a variant of the “Experiencing parliamentary democracy through play” simulation game, which is also offered by the visitor service of the German Bundestag, which lasts four hours and in which around 120 groups of 18-40 people each can take part . Participation is free, and the Bundestag pays for travel expenses, accommodation and meals. If you are interested, you have to contact the constituency commissioner of the German Bundestag.
Trivia
In 2019 there was a protest against the German government's climate policy . Several young people lay down on the floor in front of the lectern and showed a banner.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Offers for children and young people. (No longer available online.) In: bundestag.de. December 11, 2013, archived from the original on August 28, 2016 ; accessed on September 5, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Youth and Parliament - Joseph Mörtl from Bergen “played” politics in Berlin. (No longer available online.) In: baerbel-kofler.de. June 14, 2016, archived from the original on September 18, 2016 ; accessed on September 5, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Mitmischen the youth portal of the German Bundestag: Be a member of parliament once. In: mitmischen.de. June 16, 2016, accessed September 5, 2016 .
- ^ German Bundestag, press office : "Youth and Parliament" - practicing democracy in a playful way. In: bundestag.de. May 23, 2019, accessed June 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Dieter Janecek : Youth and Parliament 2016 - Young politicians practice legislation in the Bundestag. (No longer available online.) In: dieterjanecek.de. June 7, 2016, archived from the original on September 13, 2016 ; accessed on September 5, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Kordula Kovac : Kordula Kovac - Youth and Parliament: Meeting with the Chancellor. In: kordulakovac.de. July 23, 2014, accessed September 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Gero Storjohann : Gero Storjohann receives participants in the “Youth and Parliament” simulation game in Berlin. In: gero-storjohann.de. June 13, 2016, accessed September 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Climate activists are playing dead in the Bundestag: “Just lie there,” says Schäuble. In: Welt.de . June 4, 2019, accessed June 10, 2019 .
