Word: bundesrat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...homes for every family-a country stuga and an apartment in town. Similarly, Britain's Labor Party and West Germany's Social Democrats have preempted the working-class vote and the welfare issue. The Communists do not have a single member in Parliament, the Bundestag or the Bundesrat. In Switzerland, Denmark and the Benelux countries, they control a total of 20 seats...
...been heard to observe that European politicians have a lot to learn from Spiro Agnew. But outside conservative Bavaria, Strauss's approach has met with little success. Another measure of the country's relaxed approach to the issue is the fact that West Germany's Bundesrat only lasl week gave final approval to a new law aimed at preventing the police from restricting demonstrations. The law prohibits random arrests of people merely for being present at a violent demonstration; only those directly involved in violent actions will be subject to imprisonment...