These links also encompass the Bundesrat's involvement in international and European Union bodies, its participation at international conferences and in European networks, along with the Bundesrat's Friendship Groups.
Interparliamentary bodies and conferences
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Europa
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The Bundesrat maintains a wide range of both multilateral and bilateral links with parliaments in other states, primarily at the political level but to a certain extent also through the secretariats.
The Bundesrat is actively involved in the following bodies:
- European Union bodies
- Conference of Speakers of Parliaments
- The Association of European Senates
- Conference of Community and European Affairs Committees of Parliaments of the European Union and the European Parliament (COSAC)
- Events organised by the European Parliament and national parliaments of EU Member States
- NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA)
- Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments (ASGP)
- European Centre for Parliamentary Research and Documentation (ECPRD)