# Following the Bundestag on wahl.de

> A simpler wahl.de makes it easier to follow debates, watch speeches and see who takes over a seat between elections.
- **Author**: Nader Cserny
- **Published**: 2026-11-13
- **URL**: https://nader.io/posts/wahl-de-bundestag-update

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Since the [September relaunch](/posts/wahl-de-relaunched/), Klas and I have refined the layout and made it easier to follow what's happening in parliament. What's the Bundestag debating? Who's speaking? And who's taken over a seat since the last election?

## What's being debated?

The redesigned homepage puts the Bundestag's most-discussed topics next to recent speeches. Open a topic to see when it last came up and who's spoken about it most. The [topics page](https://www.wahl.de/thema) charts how often each issue came up relative to the others, month by month.

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  <a href="/posts/wahl-de-bundestag-home.webp"><img src="/posts/wahl-de-bundestag-home.webp" alt="The wahl.de homepage shows polling and election dates above the ten most-discussed Bundestag topics and summaries of recent speeches." width="1475" height="1679" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></a>
  <figcaption>The homepage pairs the topic ranking with recent speeches.</figcaption>
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  <a href="/posts/wahl-de-bundestag-topics.webp"><img src="/posts/wahl-de-bundestag-topics.webp" alt="A line chart tracks the monthly ranking of the ten most-discussed Bundestag topics over the parliamentary term." width="1415" height="1680" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></a>
  <figcaption>The topics page shows which issues have moved up or down the ranking.</figcaption>
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  <a href="/posts/wahl-de-bundestag-speakers.webp"><img src="/posts/wahl-de-bundestag-speakers.webp" alt="The domestic affairs, security and migration topic lists recent debates alongside the politicians who have spoken about it most often." width="1248" height="672" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></a>
  <figcaption>Opening a topic shows recent debates and who's spoken about it most.</figcaption>
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Each speech has a short summary so you can get the gist in a few sentences. You can also play the video right on the speech page or open the official transcript for the full wording.

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  <a href="/posts/wahl-de-bundestag-speech.webp"><img src="/posts/wahl-de-bundestag-speech.webp" alt="Angelika Glöckner's speech page shows an embedded video player, a short summary and a link to the full speech in the Bundestag's official record." width="1314" height="1679" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></a>
  <figcaption>A speech page with the video, summary and official transcript.</figcaption>
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## What does each politician talk about?

We've improved the politician profiles, too. On [Felix Banaszak's profile](https://www.wahl.de/politiker/gruene/felix-banaszak), you can skim summaries of his Bundestag speeches and open the ones you want to hear in full. The topics section shows which issues come up most often in his speeches, including the economy, industry and energy.

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  <a href="/posts/wahl-de-felix-banaszak-profile.webp"><img src="/posts/wahl-de-felix-banaszak-profile.webp" alt="Felix Banaszak's wahl.de profile shows his portrait, a summary of a Bundestag speech and the topics it covers." width="1280" height="895" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></a>
  <figcaption>Felix Banaszak's profile shows what he said and which topics the speech covered.</figcaption>
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## Who's in, who's out?

We simplified [Mandatswechsel](https://www.wahl.de/mandatswechsel), too. Each change spells out who came in, who left and which party and parliament the seat belongs to. In Saarland, for example, you can see at a glance that Sandra Brühl took over from Tobias Hans for the CDU.

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  <a href="/posts/wahl-de-seat-changes-before.webp"><img src="/posts/wahl-de-seat-changes-before.webp" alt="The earlier Mandatswechsel section has a paragraph of yearly statistics above a carousel that uses arrows and party-coloured dots to mark incoming and outgoing members." width="1312" height="400" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></a>
  <figcaption>The earlier Mandatswechsel section used arrows and coloured dots to show who came in and who left.</figcaption>
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[Explore the new wahl.de](https://www.wahl.de/).

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