European Centre for Research on Federalism

Beiträge zum deutschen Föderalismus [Articles on German federalism]

Die Konventsbewegung zur Föderalismusreform in Deutschland: ein letztes Hurra der Landesparlamente zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts?
[Germany's conventional movement for the reform of its federalism. A last hurray of the single states' parliaments?]

Uwe Thaysen

pp. 123-146

The authors main thesis is that Germany's single states have come to their final chance either to pronounce their will and capacity to survive in constitutional souvereignty, i. e. with meaningful representative bodies of their own (Landesparlamente), or to perish and become mere provinces/regions. Germanys single states parliaments (Abgeordnetenhaus, Bürgerschaft or Landtag) seem to understand that challenge. The author documents the origin of their sepecific movement for the reform of Germanys federalism. Thaysen analyses the interparliamentiary development of their organization and the aims of this movement (Konventsbewegung). He also provides a perspective of the movements probable failure respectively its possible success.

Suggested citation for this article:
Thaysen, Uwe 2004: Die Konventsbewegung zur Föderalismusreform in Deutschland: ein letztes Hurra der Landesparlamente zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts?, in: Europäisches Zentrum für Föderalismus-Forschung (ed.): Jahrbuch des Föderalismus 2004. Föderalismus, Subsidiarität und Regionen in Europa, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 123-146.