In Germany, the Bundestag and the Bundesrat belong to the …

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Why is this answer correct?

The Bundestag and the Bundesrat are the federal legislative bodies and therefore part of the legislature. The executive (a) consists of the Federal Government and the administration, a "directive" (c) is not a branch of state power, and the judiciary (d) consists of the courts.

Bundestag and Bundesrat make laws, hence legislature.

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