Grouping
In accordance with Rule 10 (4) of the Rules of Procedure of the German Bundestag, members who
wish to form an association but do not reach the prescribed minimum strength for parliamentary
group status may form a grouping. They may be recognized as a grouping but shall not be given the
rights to which parliamentary groups are entitled (for instance, nominate a Vice-President of the
Bundestag).
After having entered the Bundestag in 1994 on the basis of the clause on the minimum number of
constituency seats required for party representation in Parliament, the deputies of the PDS formed
a grouping. When the party obtained only two constituency seats in 2002, its application for being
granted the status of a grouping was rejected.
Legal basis
Rule 10 of the Rules of Procedure of the German Bundestag
Last update: September 2011
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