German federalism

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German federalism is the political system in which power is constitutionally shared between Germany’s federal government and its sixteen states (Länder), each with its own responsibilities and representation at the national level.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional structure ⓘ
federal political system ⓘ
governance system ⓘ
administrationPrimarilyBy Länder ⓘ
aimsToPrevent excessive centralization of power ⓘ
aimsToProtect minority interests ⓘ
regional autonomy ⓘ
basedOnDocument Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
concurrentCompetenceArea civil law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
public health ⓘ
social welfare ⓘ
taxation ⓘ
constitutionalAmendmentMajority two-thirds majority in Bundestag and Bundesrat ⓘ
constitutionalCourtRole arbitrates federal-Länder disputes ⓘ
constitutionalPrinciple democracy ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
social state principle ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
divisionOfPowers concurrent powers ⓘ
exclusive Länder powers ⓘ
exclusive federal powers ⓘ
educationPolicyLevel Länder ⓘ
emergencyPowersEffect temporary strengthening of federal authority ⓘ
emergencyPowersRegulatedBy Basic Law ⓘ
EUContext Länder have offices in Brussels ⓘ
Länder participate in EU affairs via Bundesrat ⓘ
exclusiveFederalCompetenceArea currency ⓘ
defence ⓘ
federal railways ⓘ
foreign affairs ⓘ
exclusiveLänderCompetenceArea cultural affairs ⓘ
education ⓘ
local government ⓘ
police (except federal police) ⓘ
federalGovernmentSeat Berlin ⓘ
federalLawsImplementedBy Länder authorities ⓘ
federalSystemType cooperative federalism ⓘ
fiscalEqualizationBetween poorer Länder ⓘ
wealthier Länder ⓘ
guarantees existence of Länder in constitution ⓘ
hasComponent Bundesrat ⓘ
Bundestag ⓘ
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany ⓘ
Länder ⓘ
federal government of Germany ⓘ
hasCooperativeBodies Conference of Minister Presidents ⓘ
Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs ⓘ
hasFinancialMechanism fiscal equalization (Länderfinanzausgleich) ⓘ
hasLegislativeBody Bundesrat ⓘ
Bundestag ⓘ
historicalPrecedent Weimar Republic federal structure ⓘ
federalism in the German Empire ⓘ
judiciaryOrganizationLevel Länder (with federal courts) ⓘ
limitsOnChange federal structure cannot be abolished by amendment ⓘ
lowerHouseName Bundestag ⓘ
LänderRepresentationBasis population-weighted votes ⓘ
LänderRepresentedIn Bundesrat ⓘ
numberOfStates 16 ⓘ
originatedInYear 1949 ⓘ
originatedWith Basic Law of 1949 ⓘ
policeOrganizationLevel Länder ⓘ
postWarInfluence Allied occupation powers ⓘ
powerSharedBetween Länder ⓘ
federal government ⓘ
relatedConcept Bundesrat veto powers ⓘ
German Basic Law ⓘ
Länder autonomy ⓘ
cooperative federalism in Germany ⓘ
requiresLänderParticipationFor constitutional amendments ⓘ
many federal laws ⓘ
state Baden-Württemberg ⓘ
Bavaria ⓘ
Berlin ⓘ
Brandenburg ⓘ
Bremen ⓘ
Hamburg ⓘ
Hesse ⓘ
Lower Saxony ⓘ
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ
North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ
Saarland ⓘ
Saxony ⓘ
Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ
Schleswig-Holstein ⓘ
Thuringia ⓘ
upperHouseName Bundesrat ⓘ
upperHouseRepresents Länder ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bundesrat building, Berlin → imageDepicts → German federalism ⓘ
constitution of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern → partOf → German federal constitutional order ⓘ
linked to: German federalism
state government of Saarland → partOf → federal system of Germany ⓘ
linked to: German federalism
Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek → operator → German Federal Government and federal states (Länder) ⓘ
linked to: German federalism