Germany · Constitution
Grundgesetz (Basic Law)
Opens with inviolable human dignity in Article 1. The eternity clause in Article 79(3) makes human dignity, the federal structure and the democratic social state permanently unamendable. Amendment otherwise requires two-thirds of the Bundestag and Bundesrat.
The constitutional text
Opens with inviolable human dignity in Article 1. The eternity clause in Article 79(3) makes human dignity, the federal structure and the democratic social state permanently unamendable. Amendment otherwise requires two-thirds of the Bundestag and Bundesrat.
Separation of powers
Rechtsstaat separation of powers with an unusually strong Federal Constitutional Court that can annul statutes and hear individual constitutional complaints.
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