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German electoral reforms aimed at limiting the size of parliament are in parts unconstitutional, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday. The reform, initiated by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s centre-left coalition, aims to limit the size of the Bundestag to a maximum of 630 seats. Germany’s lower house of parliament is considered the world’s largest freely elected legislature. The current number of lawmakers in the Bundestag is 733, due to a complex voting system which allows for the number of lawmakers to grow depending on the election outcome. Germany’s population is nearly 84 million….

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