Germany
Beginning of paper
On October 3, 1990, the states of the German Democratic Republic (East
) shed their last ties to their Soviet created structure and joined the
Federal Republic of (West ). The 23rd article of West 's
1949 constitution, the Basic Law, had been drafted specifically to allow for
such an arrival fro ....
Middle of paper
.... and past abuses by
central government, Germany is a federation. The powers of the states cannot be
reduced. Each of the federal states and Berlin has its own constitution, a
democratically elected Parliament, a government, administrative agencies and
independant courts. However, states are binding to the federal constitution, the
federal constitution is binding upon the states and the federal parliament is
responsible for major legislation and policy. The state parliaments main
responsibili ....
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