Catalogue question 31 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
In Germany, parties working together to form a government is called …
- unity.
- a coalition. Correct
- a ministry.
- a parliamentary group.
Why — for every option
- A — "Unity" is not an established political term for a governing alliance.
- B — Correct: a coalition is an alliance of several parties to jointly form a government, usually needed because no single party has a majority.
- C — A ministry is an executive authority, not an alliance of parties.
- D — A parliamentary group (Fraktion) is the grouping of one party's members in parliament, not the governing alliance itself.
Source: www.bundestag.de
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