ARTICLES
ABOUT INTERNATIONAL TREATIES, REFERENDUM AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Regulation
about a special transference of power to EU:
none
Approval
of transfer of sovereignty without effect of constitutional amendment:
Majority of votes from both chambers, Bundestag and Bundesrat, Art.
23 I 2 Basic Law
Approval
of transfer of sovereignty with effect of constitutional amendment:
Majority of 2/3 from the members of parliament and 2/3 of votes
from the senate, Art. 23 I 3, 79 II Basic Law. Limit of transfer
is the "clause of eternity" for the fundamental principles
of the constitution, Art. 23 I 3, 79 III, 20 Basic Law.
Approval
of constitutional amendment:
Majority of 2/3 from the members of parliament and 2/3 of the votes
from senate, Art. 79 II Basic Law.
Other
constitutional regulations about referendums:
Referendum mentioned in Art. 29, 118 Basic Law for a new formation
of the federal states. Art. 20 Basic Law mentions expressly that
the people practise their sovereignty besides election and through
special organs of legislation and execution by holding referenda. |
