Press release no. 45/24 of 26. November 2024

2025 Bundestag election: special meeting of the Federal Electoral Committee on 10 December 2024

WIESBADEN – The Federal Electoral Committee will convene in public session at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, 10 December 2024, to decide on a legal matter. The political party Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Deutschlands (MLPD) called the Federal Electoral Committee to clarify instructions given by the Federal Returning Officer in proceedings concerning the correction of deficiencies identified in a preliminary examination of the notice of participation submitted by the party. Decisions on other legal issues may also be made at the meeting.

The special meeting will be held in the Marie-Elisabeth Lüders Building of the German Bundestag in Berlin (entrance Adele-Schreiber-Krieger-Straße 1), Room 3.101.

No date has yet been set for the regular meeting of the Federal Electoral Committee at which the Committee decides on the recognition of political associations as parties for the election to the Bundestag. This date will be announced in advance by the Federal Returning Officer, as is customary.

Important information:

All media representatives will require valid accreditation to enter the Bundestag buildings.

All other visitors will be required to pass through security screening before entering the Bundestag buildings and present a valid form of identification. It is advisable to register for this purpose at besucher@bundeswahlleiter.de by Thursday, 5 December 2024, 6 p.m., providing your surname, first name and date of birth.

The police at the German Bundestag will run a background check on visitors granted access to the premises of the German Bundestag, particularly by checking the visitors' data against the information database of the Bundestag police and the Police Information System (INPOL). This is based on section 2 subsection 6c of the Internal Regulations of the German Bundestag. All personal data (surname, first name and date of birth) provided during the registration process will be deleted or destroyed after the visit. Please bring your valid identity card or passport for the admission process.

Those who have not registered in advance but wish to attend the meeting of the Federal Electoral Committee may come directly to the entrance of the Marie-Elisabeth Lüders Building (Berlin, Adele-Schreiber-Krieger-Straße). These visitors are advised to expect wait times, however, due to the necessary background check.

The meeting will be broadcast live on the internet at www.bundestag.de. It will be available subsequently in the Bundestag media library at www.bundestag.de/mediathek.

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