AustriaDemokratie 53 · Democracy and the Republic's core principles
Who is responsible when the Federal Constitution does not expressly assign a matter to the federal level (the Bund)?
In the exam (German)
Wer ist zuständig, wenn die Bundesverfassung eine Angelegenheit nicht ausdrücklich dem Bund zuweist?
- athe municipalities aloneallein die Gemeinden
- bthe European Uniondie Europäische Union
- cthe individual federal statesdie einzelnen LänderCorrect answer
- dautomatically the federal levelautomatisch der Bund
Why?
Under the Federal Constitution, everything that is not expressly assigned to the federal level remains a matter for the federal states (Länder). In this way the Constitution secures the independence of the federal states.
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