Bundesrat

More than half of new laws need the approval of the Bundesrat ;

大约有一半以上的法律需要联邦参议院的批准。

A loss in North Rhine-Westphalia would demoralise the new government and erase its majority in the Bundesrat , the upper house .

北威州若失利，新政府会士气大跌，也会抹消其在上议院联邦参议院占多数的席位优势。

However , the upper house of parliament , the Bundesrat has a limited right of veto ( the Nationalrat can pass the respective bill a second time bypassing the Bundesrat altogether ) .

国会上议院拥有限制性的否决权（国会下议院能够不经过上议院第二次通过议案）。

Merkel has a tricky legal scenario on her hands , as she needs to ensure any draft law would not be subject to approval in the Bundesrat upper house , where she lost her majority earlier this year .

默克尔手头有个棘手的法律局面，因为她必须确保任何法律草案不会受到联邦上院批准的影响，她今年早些时候在那里失去了多数控制。