Usage Note
Parteiausschluss is the most severe disciplinary sanction a party can impose on a member; the procedure is lengthy, subject to party courts, and rarely succeeds in Germany — prominent examples generate major news coverage.
Examples
"Das Parteiausschlussverfahren gegen den Abgeordneten zog sich über zwei Jahre."
Natural Translation
The expulsion procedure against the MP dragged on for two years.
Literal Translation
The party expulsion procedure against the MP dragged itself over two years.
Related Words
- Abgeordnete delegate
- Abgeordnetenmandat parliamentary mandate, MP's seat and commission
- Abstimmung vote
- Abstimmungsergebnis result of a vote, voting outcome
- Abstimmungsmarathon voting marathon; extended series of successive votes in parliament
- Abstimmungsverhalten voting behaviour (in a parliament or assembly)
- Amtsinhaber incumbent
- Amtszeit term of office
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