politik-nlp

This repo is for exploring language datasets and models on German politics. Built as part of Data Science Retreat (DSR) Berlin.

Python version: 3.10.13

Install requirements:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Contents

So far, this repo includes the following:

1. get_bundestag_protocols.ipynb: Pulling parliament protocols via the Bundestag API.
2. get_party_manifestos.ipynb: Extracting the raw text from party manifestos ("Parteiprogramme) in PDF format.
3. get_wahlomat_responses.ipynb: Extracting the statements and responses from the "Wahl-O-Mat" tool for voter decision-making. Potentially useful for generating prompts and for a "ground truth" response of a party.
4. rag.ipynb: A basic exploration of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) within this context.