What is National Council (Austria)?
The '''National Council''' ({{lang-de|Nationalrat}}) is one of the two houses of the [[Austrian Parliament]]. It is known as the [[lower house]]. The [[Politics of Austria|constitution]] gives the National Council with more power than the [[Federal Council (Austria)|Federal Council]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parlament.gv.at/EN/AP/BV/AUFGG/BVAUFGG-E_Portal.shtml|title=Federal Assembly - Responsibilities and Legal Principles |website=parlament.gv.at |access-date=18 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324112558/http://www.parlament.gv.at/EN/AP/BV/AUFGG/BVAUFGG-E_Portal.shtml |archive-date=24 March 2009 }}</ref> The 183 members of the National Council are elected by nationwide popular vote for a term of five years. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Government of Austria]] [[Category:National lower houses|Austria]] {{Multistub|politics|europe}}