the palast de republic was built in its place the seat of the east german parliament the folks comma and a venue for key events. german reunification heralded the end of the people's palace in one nine hundred ninety the building was closed due to as best us. the discussion regarding the new image of berlin matter had begun. fans of the building fought to keep the palace to republic others advocated for the reconstruction of the passion palace even erecting a huge mark beside in the summer of one nine hundred ninety three. a third option a modern new building seemed to have no chance. on july fourth two thousand and two the german bundestag voted with a clear majority to reconstruct the old historic city palace.