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Wer hat uns verraten? ... Well, the CDU primarily but that was to be expected. The SPD certainly tries to eliminate the "S" from its name, though.

• detaro 11y ago
  And quite a few absentees in the opposition. Not that it really matters, but still...
  • pgeorgi 11y ago
    That may be due to the pairing agreements, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pair_(parliamentary_convention) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pair_(parliamentary_convention... They generally benefit the smaller parties more than the larger (since any missing member has a larger impact there), so it's in their interest to uphold these agreements.
    • DasIch 11y ago
      Afaik the Bundestag doesn't do pairing on controversial laws, such as this one, that get voted on using named voting.
      • detaro 11y ago
        I mostly noticed because there were less people than for yesterdays (also very important and controversial) votes.