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Secession efforts by a state are incompatible with the Basic Law

BVerfG 2 BvR 349/16Bverfg / 2. Senat 2. KammerDec 16, 2016Inadmissible

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Omnilex summary

The Federal Constitutional Court did not admit a constitutional complaint concerning a planned Bavarian referendum on leaving the Federal Republic. It held in the tenor that, as the Federal Republic is a state based on the constituent power of the German people, the Länder are not masters of the Basic Law and have no room under it for secessionist efforts. Such efforts violate the constitutional order. The decision is final.

Omnilex headnote

Art. 20 Abs. 2, 3 GG; Art. 28 GG; § 90, § 93d Abs. 1 S. 3 BVerfGG; secessionist efforts of a Land are incompatible with the constitutional order and cannot be pursued under the Basic Law. The Länder are not holders of constituent power in relation to the Basic Law and are not entitled to unilateral withdrawal from the Federation. A constitutional complaint directed against such secessionist aims is not to be admitted for decision.

Full text

BVerfG — 2 BvR 349/16, Kammerbeschluss ohne Begründung

Entscheidungsdatum: 2016-12-16

Aktenzeichen: 2 BvR 349/16

ECLI: ECLI:DE:BVerfG:2016:rk20161216.2bvr034916

Dokumenttyp: Kammerbeschluss ohne Begründung

Normen: Art 20 Abs 2 GG, Art 20 Abs 3 GG, Art 28 GG, § 90 BVerfGG, § 93d Abs 1 S 3 BVerfGG

Spruchkörper: 2. Senat 2. Kammer

Titelzeile

Nichtannahmebeschluss mit Tenorbegründung: Volksabstimmung über den Austritt Bayerns aus der BRD - Sezessionsbestrebungen als Verstoß gegen die verfassungsmäßige Ordnung

Tenor

Die Verfassungsbeschwerde wird nicht zur Entscheidung angenommen.

In der Bundesrepublik Deutschland als auf der verfassungsgebenden Gewalt des deutschen Volkes beruhendem Nationalstaat sind die Länder nicht "Herren des Grundgesetzes". Für Sezessionsbestrebungen einzelner Länder ist unter dem Grundgesetz daher kein Raum. Sie verstoßen gegen die verfassungsmäßige Ordnung.

Diese Entscheidung ist unanfechtbar.

Keywords

constitutional complaintsecessionfederalismconstitutional orderreferendumBasic Law

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether a state may pursue secession from the Federal Republic of Germany under the Basic Law.

Extracted holding

No. The Länder are not 'masters of the Basic Law'; secessionist efforts by a state have no place under the Basic Law and violate the constitutional order.

Extracted reasoning

The Court states that the Federal Republic is a nation-state based on the constituent power of the German people. Against that constitutional structure, a state cannot seek unilateral withdrawal.

Key legal question

Whether the constitutional complaint should be admitted for decision.

Extracted holding

It was not admitted.

Extracted reasoning

Because the complaint was directed against secessionist efforts that are incompatible with the constitutional order, there was no basis for admitting it.

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