1999 Elections in Germany - Bremen State Election, 1999 (Paperback)

Chapters: Bremen State Election, 1999. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Bremen state election, 1999, was conducted on June 6, 1999, to elect members to the Brgerschaft of Bremen. The Bremen state elections have some differences from other German elections. The 80 seats elected from the city of Bremen and the 20 seats elected from the city of Bremerhaven are elected on the same day but with separate 5%-hurdles. So the DVU each took one seat from Bremerhaven, because of getting more than 5% in this city. The 80 MPs from Bremen are not only members of the state parliament, but are also the members of the city's parliament. Dr. Henning Scherf (SPD) remained Mayor and Senate President, in an SPD-CDU coalition (so called grand coalition). ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1786641