Catalogue question 39 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
What does every German federal state have?
- its own foreign minister
- its own currency
- its own army
- its own government Correct
Why — for every option
- A — Foreign policy is a federal matter (Art. 32 Basic Law); federal states do not have their own foreign ministers.
- B — The currency (euro) is regulated uniformly at the federal and European level, not by the individual states.
- C — Defence lies with the federal government (Art. 87a Basic Law); the states have no army of their own.
- D — Correct: each of the 16 Länder has its own state government with a Minister-President and its own ministries — that is the core of federalism.
Source: www.bundesrat.de
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