Germany's Reichstag does not wield real power,…
1876 CE to 1887 CE
As more-democratic parties come to dominate in the Reichstag, governing becomes more difficult for the kaiser and his officials.
During the later decades of the reign of Wilhelm II (r. 1888-1918), the empire's governing system will experience such difficulties that some conservatives will advocate scrapping it, and democrats will argue for a new, truly parliamentary system.
A fear of these drastic choices and their possible effects will cause Germany to muddle through with the existing system until the disaster of the Great War culminates in this system's abolition.
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