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Press release no. 09/2013 of 30. Juli 2013

Agenda of the Federal Electoral Committee for its meeting on 1 August 2013

WIESBADEN – The second meeting of the Federal Electoral Committee in preparation of the Bundestag election on 22 September 2013 will be held on Thursday, 1 August 2013. As reported by the Federal Returning Officer, the Federal Electoral Committee will decide at this meeting, among other things, on the appeals by the following party against the rejection of its Land list and the deletion of a candidate in the relevant Land mentioned below (arranged by the date of receipt of the appeal):

  • Partei der Vernunft (PARTEI DER VERNUNFT) against the rejection of its Land list in Niedersachsen,
  • Partei der Vernunft (PARTEI DER VERNUNFT) against the deletion of a candidate from its Land list in Nordrhein-Westfalen.

The meeting, which will be open to the public, will be held in the German Bundestag building in Berlin, Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus (entrance at Adele-Schreiber-Krieger-Straße 1), room 3.101 (Anhörungssaal), on 1 August 2013 at 11 a.m.

Important notes:

Those wishing to observe the meeting will have to pass security checks before entering the Bundestag buildings and have to show their identity cards. Unless they are permanently accredited with the German Bundestag, media representatives will have to seek prior accreditation with the Press Division of the Bundestag: http://www.bundestag.de/presse/akkreditierung/index.html. There, you can download the relevant application form.

During parliamentary summer recess until 30 August 2013, the opening hours of the Akkreditierungsstelle (accreditation unit) of the German Bundestag are as follows:

  • Monday: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 3 p.m.
  • Tuesday to Thursday: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m.
  • Friday: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

If you need immediate assistance, please contact the Press Division of the German Bundestag, tel: +49 30 227-37171.

 

For further information:
Office of the Federal Returning Officer
tel: +49 611 75-4863
www.bundeswahlleiter.de/contact