On Wednesday, 24 June 2015, President of the Bundestag Norbert Lammert spoke in the Knesset of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Federal Republic of German and Israel 50 years ago. In a speech to the Israeli parliament, he called the intensity of the friendly relations between...
In the whole of German history, there is no greater watershed than this day, said the historian Professor Heinrich August Winkler on Friday, 8 May 2015, in his commemorative speech on the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. The Bundestag and the Bundesrat commemorated t...
On Friday, 24 April 2015 in the Bundestag, President Norbert Lammert classified the deportations and massacre of the Armenian people as a genocide. Due to their own experiences, he said, Germans can encourage others to face their history: “self-critical commitment to the truth is essential for re...
Polish President Bronisław Komorowski spoke in favour of a German-Polish community of shared responsibility in a speech at the Bundestag. At the ceremony of remembrance for the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War, Komorowski spoke on 10 September 2014 as a guest speaker of a...
On Sunday, 7 September 2014, against a backdrop of bright sunshine, 23,500 visitors made their way to Berlin’s parliamentary district, where the German Bundestag had invited the public to attend its Open Day. Parliament presented itself to visitors in the Reichstag, Paul Löbe and Marie-Elisabeth Lüders Buildings, which stayed open until 8 p.m.
The words were polite and to the point, but spoken by someone who obviously expected to be obeyed. “Please rise!” said Black Rod in his traditional attire. His voice rang out in Westminster Hall, the most ancient part of the British parliament in the heart of London. The 1,200 members of the audi...
