State politics

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In the federal system of the Federal Republic of Germany, state politics refers to all policy areas that affect a federal state .

This is expressed in Article 70 of the Basic Law :

(1) The federal states have the right to legislate, insofar as this Basic Law does not grant the Federation legislative powers.
(2) The delimitation of responsibilities between the Federation and the Länder is measured according to the provisions of this Basic Law on exclusive and concurrent legislation.

The exclusive legislation of the federal government is regulated in Articles 71 and 73 of the Basic Law and thus defines the areas of federal policy .

The competing legislation is regulated in Articles 72, 74, 74a and 75 of the Basic Law and gives the states the possibility of their own legislation "as long as and insofar as the federal government does not make use of its legislative rights".

The classic areas of state politics include cultural policy , education policy and state and regional planning . These are also referred to as country matters.

Actors in state politics are the state government with its subordinate administration, the state parliament and the state committees of the political parties .

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Wiktionary: Landespolitik  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations