11. Just Friday, before the shootings here became known, the German parliament voted to tighten gun-control rules even further. 12. Otherwise the deposit will be withheld as a fine, Waigel said in a speech to the German parliament. 13. Putin, fluent in German, became the first Russian leader to address the German parliament, and he read his speech in German. 14. Ruprecht Polenz, a senior member of the foreign affairs committee in the German parliament, said Germans view war differently from other Europeans and Americans. 15. Still pending is approval of the settlement by the German parliament, the Bundestag. 16. The agreement likely will touch off a fresh round of debate in the German parliament over the cost and military value of the program. 17. The full Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, is to debate the amendment next week. 18. The German parliament is scheduled to debate the potential troop deployment this week. 19. The German parliament still must act on the matter, but quick approval is expected. 20. The new law passed by the German parliament would tighten up some of the legal details even more. |