2500 direct candidates from 299 constituencies: From now on, voters can contact the members of the Bundestag, European Parliament and state parliaments directly via parliamentwatch.de.
Berlin / Hamburg - In the two months until the federal election, voters can interview more than 2500 direct candidates from all 299 constituencies online.
To this end, the organization ab altenwatch.de has started a corresponding question portal.
The head of the Elections & Parliaments department, Ghasal Falaki, named the goal that, as in the election four years ago, around one million visitors to the website parliamentwatch.de/bundestag ask around 9,000 questions.
A quota of 80 percent is targeted for the answers.
Contact the MPs directly
Since 2004, it has been possible to contact the members of the Bundestag, European Parliament and state parliaments directly via the portal.
Before elections, this question option is regularly extended to all candidates who are applying for a parliamentary mandate.
The site is operated by the Parlamentwatch eV association, which claims to be financed exclusively through donations.
In addition to the possibility of directly interviewing constituency applicants and top candidates, the portal also provides information on the right to vote and the election programs of the individual parties. There should also be a "personal candidate check" three to four weeks before the vote. Similar to “Wahl-o-Mat”, users can then compare their own opinion on 24 political theses with that of the constituency applicants. Spokeswoman Léa Briand said the goal was to go to the polling station on September 26 “as well prepared as possible”. dpa
