Federal Republic of Germany (for certain constitutional functions)

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The Federal Republic of Germany (for certain constitutional functions) refers to the national level of the German state whose basic law assigns specific powers and responsibilities distinct from those of the individual federal states.

All labels observed (10)

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional entity
federal state
subject of international law
allocatesPowersTo Länder
capital Berlin
constitutionalIdentity bound by the eternity clause of the Basic Law
constitutionalPrinciple democratic state
federal state
republic
rule of law
social state
constitutionalProvision Article 20 Basic Law
Articles 70–74 Basic Law
Articles 83–91 Basic Law
constitutionalSystem federal parliamentary republic
countryName Bundesrepublik Deutschland
linked to: Germany
divisionOfPowersWith German Länder
linked to: German states
federalStructure federation of Länder
governmentType parliamentary democracy
hasConcurrentLegislativePowers civil law
criminal law
economic law
public welfare
hasConstitution Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
hasCurrency euro
hasExclusiveLegislativePowers currency and monetary system
defence
federal citizenship
federal railways
foreign affairs
hasOfficialLanguage German
hasResidualPowers Länder
headOfGovernment Federal Chancellor of Germany
headOfState Federal President of Germany
internationalRepresentation represents Germany in international law
judicialBody Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
federal courts of Germany
legislativeBody Bundesrat
Bundestag
memberOf Council of Europe
European Union
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
linked to: NATO

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
linked to: OECD

Schengen Area
United Nations
numberOfConstituentStates 16
seatOfFederalGovernment Berlin
shortName Germany
sovereigntyContinuityClaim identical with the German Reich as subject of international law
treatyPower concludes international treaties
usesLegalSystem civil law system

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

Landtag of Hesse appliesToJurisdiction Federal Republic of Germany (for certain constitutional functions)
Petersberg Hotel ownedBy Federal Republic of Germany (through a federal agency)
linked to: Federal Republic of Germany (for certain constitutional functions)
Klaus Schütz represented Federal Republic of Germany in Israel
linked to: Federal Republic of Germany (for certain constitutional functions)
Free Democratic Party of Germany notableEra Federal Republic of Germany after 1949
linked to: Federal Republic of Germany (for certain constitutional functions)
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal governedBy Federal Republic of Germany (current successor state)
linked to: Federal Republic of Germany (for certain constitutional functions)
Revolutionary Cells (RZ) opposed Federal Republic of Germany government
linked to: Federal Republic of Germany (for certain constitutional functions)
Adelshofen belongsTo European Union member state Germany
linked to: Federal Republic of Germany (for certain constitutional functions)
Military awards and decorations of Germany awardingBody Federal Republic of Germany government
linked to: Federal Republic of Germany (for certain constitutional functions)
Article 20 of the German Basic Law defines Federal Republic of Germany as a democratic state
linked to: Federal Republic of Germany (for certain constitutional functions)
Article 20 of the German Basic Law defines Federal Republic of Germany as a federal state
linked to: Federal Republic of Germany (for certain constitutional functions)
Article 20(1) of the German Basic Law states The Federal Republic of Germany is a democratic and social federal state
linked to: Federal Republic of Germany (for certain constitutional functions)
German Pavilion at Expo 1967 in Montreal client Federal Republic of Germany government
linked to: Federal Republic of Germany (for certain constitutional functions)