Transcripts from all German state parliaments.
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StateParl is the first continuously updated dataset that makes the minutes of German parliamentary sessions easily accessible. For research, journalism and all citizens.
16,168,903
paragraphs of speech
9,539
protocols
17,543
mandates

An open data set for more transparency and accessibility of politics

Suitable for everyone - thanks to the intuitive search

Search, filter and understand the context: The powerful StateParl search supports your research goals. You can access the raw data for each match.

Academically reviewed data

The data set is validated by researchers at Freie Universität Berlin. The results will be published together with the dataset.

Continuously updated

An API provides access to the latest data. Access to the API, including documentation, is available on request.

Powerful for researchers, intuitive for private users

Full texts of speeches since 2000

Search, filter and understand the context: The powerful StateParl search supports your research goals.

Standardized Data Format

All state parliaments, one database. Search the speeches of all state parliaments in one place. The metadata are standardized.

Extensive Metadata

There is session-related, speech-related and mandate-related metadata for each paragraph. This enables tracking e.g. by person or party.

One Text Corpus, Three Access Options

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Search, filter and understand the context: The powerful StateParl search supports your research goals. You can access the raw data for each hit.

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CSV or R dataset

Download citable data set

Authors: Eric Beltermann, Dr. Antonios Souris, Dr. Christoph Nguyen, Prof. Dr. Sabine Kropp

Fully citable version of Stateparl.de that can be used for research purposes. Contains speeches from the years 2000 to 2023

doi.org/10.7802/2854

API Interface

An API provides access to the latest data. Access to the API, including documentation, is available on request.

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Use Cases

Case Studies from political science research and journalism.

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StateParl is an Eric Beltermann project in cooperation with the Free University of Berlin. Are you interested in working with me? Please get in touch:

Latest Protocols

: Berlin (19th period, 83rd session) View protocolView
: Thüringen (8th period, 41st session) View protocolView
: Bayern (19th period, 73rd session) View protocolView
: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (8th period, 128th session) View protocolView
: Saarland (17th period, 45th session) View protocolView
: Baden-Württemberg (17th period, 141st session) View protocolView
: Sachsen (8th period, 25th session) View protocolView
: Hessen (21st period, 58th session) View protocolView
: Nordrhein-Westfalen (18th period, 117th session) View protocolView
: Schleswig-Holstein (20th period, 110th session) View protocolView
: Brandenburg (8th period, 27th session) View protocolView
: Niedersachsen (19th period, 85th session) View protocolView
: Rheinland-Pfalz (18th period, 102nd session) View protocolView
: Bremen (21st period, 30th session) View protocolView
: Sachsen-Anhalt (8th period, 105th session) View protocolView
: Hamburg (22nd period, 98th session) View protocolView

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