Question 68 of 300Politics in a Democracy

When members of the German Bundestag change their parliamentary group, ...

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the government may lose its majority.
they may no longer take part in parliamentary sessions.
the Federal President must first give his or her consent.
the voters of these MPs may vote again.

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Correct answer to question 98: the government may lose its majority.

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Under Article 38 of the Basic Law, MPs are bound only by their conscience and may switch parliamentary groups. If the governing majority is lost as a result, the government can be paralysed or even fall.

The question in German, as it appears in the test

Wenn Abgeordnete im Deutschen Bundestag ihre Fraktion wechseln, ...

kann die Regierung ihre Mehrheit verlieren.
dürfen sie nicht mehr an den Sitzungen des Parlaments teilnehmen.
muss der Bundespräsident / die Bundespräsidentin zuvor sein / ihr Einverständnis geben.
dürfen die Wähler / Wählerinnen dieser Abgeordneten noch einmal wählen.

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