As promised he resigned after half of the legislative period.

In Germany, there are regular polls during the whole of the legislative period.

In Germany the time between elections is called a "legislative period".

Indeed, we have little time left in this legislative period.

Today we are holding the most important vote of this legislative period.

There, Commissioner, you have a number of points on which it must be possible to work during the legislative period that is about to start.

Today, we should complete this final act and prepare for the new legislative period with many improvements to our work.

We are really looking forward to receiving a proposal from the Commission on new legal action in the course of this legislative period.

In the current situation, I do not think we can afford to take five years - which is, after all, an entire legislative period!

The members of parliament are elected by the people, and will be again when the legislative period is up.