Monday, 20 October 2008

Berlin: Buzzing Reichstag


This video is purely just to demonstrate something cool that happened at the Reichstag. When our CYF group was there, it was a very important day in German History. Due to the financial crisis, the German government proposed a bill on the 13te Okt to support German banks up to 400 Billion Euro. The bill's voting was the day we were at the Reichstag (17te Okt). It was the fastest bill to ever be set and voted on in German history. When a bill is to be voted on, the clocks within the entire building flash white and red to notify all the MPs (I forgot the German equivalent for MPs) to vote. When the bill is important, there's a siren that goes off, but this is rare when it occurs. The siren went off twice when we were there, and this short video shows that. I thought it was neat. But maybe I'm just a huge nerd.

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