The Bundesrat - on misunderstanding the systemic role of the main public authority in Germany Cover Image

Rada Federacji, czyli o niezrozumieniu roli ustrojowej naczelnego organu władzy państwowej w Niemczech
The Bundesrat - on misunderstanding the systemic role of the main public authority in Germany

Author(s): Jan Wiktor Tkaczyński
Subject(s): Governance
Published by: Instytut Zachodni im. Zygmunta Wojciechowskiego
Keywords: Germany; constitutional law; political system

Summary/Abstract: The Federal Council (Bundesrat) is one of the main public authorities in Germany. It is one of the four federal public authorities, which - in accordance with the listing included in the Basic Law (Grundgesetz), are Bundestag, Bundesrat, Bundespraesident and Bundesregierung. (...) The Federal Council cannot be understood at the same time as the part of another authority. It is an enormous institutional misunderstanding to present the Bundesrat as the second or higher chamber of german parliament.

  • Issue Year: 365/2017
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 79-96
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English, Polish