Johann Hahlen
Präsident des Statistischen Bundesamtes
Press release - August 22, 2005
Second meeting of the Federal Electoral Committee on 25 August 2005
WIESBADEN – As announced by the Federal Returning Officer, Mr. Johann Hahlen, the second meeting of the Federal Electoral Committee in preparation of the elections to the 16th German Bundestag will take place in the German Bundestag building (Anhörungssaal) in Berlin, Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus (entrance in Adele-Schreiber-Krieger-Str. 1), room 3.101, on Thursday, 25 August 2005 at 9.00 a.m. GMT. In this meeting, a decision will be made among other things on the complaints of the following parties because their land lists in the given Länder have not been admitted:
– | Allianz für Gesundheit, Frieden und soziale Gerechtigkeit – AGFG –, Deutsche Zentrumspartei – Älteste Partei Deutschlands gegründet 1870 – ZENTRUM –, FAMILIEN-PARTEI DEUTSCHLANDS – FAMILIE – und Partei Bibeltreuer Christen – PBC – in Hessen, |
– | Pro Deutsche Mitte - Initiative Pro D-Mark - – Pro DM – in Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, Hamburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Sachsen und Schleswig-Holstein, |
– | Partei Rechtsstaatlicher Offensive – Offensive D – in Berlin, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern und Nordrhein-Westfalen, |
– | Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands – NPD – in Baden-Württemberg und |
– | UNABHÄNGIGE KANDIDATEN …für Direkte Demokratie + bürgernahe Lösungen – UNABHÄNGIGE – in Berlin. |
For further information please contact:
Heinz-Christoph Herbertz,
tel: (+49-611) 75-2345,
e-mail: bundeswahlleiter@destatis.de
Important notes:
The meeting of the Federal Electoral Committee will be held in public. Those interested in observing the meeting will, however, have to pass security checks before entering the Bundestag buildings and have to show their identity cards.
Unless they are permanently accredited, media representatives will have to seek prior accreditation with the Press Office of the German Bundestag:
Deutscher Bundestag,
Pressestelle,
Wilhelmstraße 65,
11011 Berlin
tel: (+49-30) 227 – 329 24 or – 329 29.
Representatives of radio and televion stations are requested to register with the Press Office by 24 August 2005, 10.00 a.m.
Access to the Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus will only be possible via the entrance at Adele-Schreiber-Krieger-Straße 1.
The meeting of the Federal Electoral Committee will be transmitted live by Bundestag Television and via Web-TV on the Internet at www.bundestag.de. For technical queries about the live transmission please call Mr. Matthias Ebert of Bundestag Television at (+49-160) 61 21 590.