Germany seeks electoral reform to avoid XXL Bundestag
By DW
27 August 2020 |
10:53 am
With Germany’s Bundestag bursting at the seams, a special committee is meeting to try and prevent an oversized Parliament come the 2021 elections. But the coalition is split on how to do so. And time is running out.
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