Following the Bundestag on wahl.de
Since the September relaunch, 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 charts how often each issue came up relative to the others, month by month.
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.
What does each politician talk about?
We’ve improved the politician profiles, too. On Felix Banaszak’s profile, 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.
Who’s in, who’s out?
We simplified 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.
