60. In Germany, the Bundestag and the Bundesrat belong to the …

Answer options

1. Executive.
2. Legislative.
3. Directive.
4. Judiciary.

Explanation

Under the Basic Law (GG), the Bundestag and the Bundesrat belong to the legislative branch (Arts. 20(2), 50, 70 et seq. GG). The Bundesrat is not a “second chamber of Parliament” but the federal organ of the Länder that participates in federal legislation (Art. 77 GG) and safeguards federalism. The legislative process is cooperative (Mediation Committee, consent bills), reflecting functional rather than rigid separation of powers. Historically, this revives elements of the Weimar Constitution’s Reichsrat while correcting its abolition during the 1934 Gleichschaltung.