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Elections in Germany include elections to the Bundestag (Germany's federal parliament), ... The election age was reduced from 25 to 20 years of age. [1]
Every German who has reached the age of majority, in Germany 18 years, is eligible to stand for election according to the German Basic Law (article 38, paragraph 2 BL). It has to be remarked that the age of majority can be altered by a simple federal law. Eligibility to stand for election presupposes the right to vote.
They also aimed to lower the voting age for elections to the German parliament. However, this would need a change of the constitution, which was blocked by the opposition CDU. [61] Seven of the 16 states have also lowered their voting age for state elections and 11 of the 16 have lowered it for local elections.
Article 54, section 1, of the German constitution states that "Any German who is entitled to vote in Bundestag elections and has attained the age of forty may be elected". [17]
Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and a love of aviation, is the favorite to become the country’s next chancellor in the federal ...
Minimum age to vote in European elections by country 18 17 16* *Belgium and Germany lowered the voting age to 16 for the next European elections. [44] [45] Member ...
Berlin held four votes on Sept. 26, 2021: the German national election, a state election, a vote for the city’s 12 district assemblies and a local referendum. The Berlin Marathon, also held the ...
In November 2022, the voting age for elections to the European Parliament was lowered from 18 to 16 via amendments to the European Elections Act. [ 56 ] In March 2023, a controversial new election law was passed with the goal of shrinking the size of the German Bundestag.