Catalogue question 38 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
The Federal Republic of Germany is a democratic and social …
- confederation of states (as a supranational entity).
- federal state. Correct
- confederation.
- unitary state.
Why — for every option
- A — "Staatenverbund" (a compound of states) rather describes the EU (per the Federal Constitutional Court), not Germany's internal structure.
- B — Correct: Art. 20(1) of the Basic Law describes Germany as a democratic and social federal state made up of 16 constituent Länder.
- C — A confederation is a loose alliance of sovereign states (like the former German Confederation) — Germany itself is not that.
- D — A unitary state has no independent constituent states with their own legislative power — Germany with its 16 Länder is not a unitary state.
Source: www.gesetze-im-internet.de
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