In the Name of Cooperation: The External Relations of the German Länder and Their Participation in the EU Decision-Making

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1744-5515|6|1|59-83

ISSN: 1574-0196

Source: European Constitutional Law Review, Vol.6, Iss.1, 2010-02, pp. : 59-83

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Abstract

‘Foreign relations power’ (auswärtige Gewalt) in the Federal Republic of Germany strongly centralised by the Lindau Agreement in 1957 – Although the German Länder still retain some rights to act at an international level, the Federal Government is the dominant player in the foreign relations of the state – Introduction of Länder participation in European Union law-making and policy-making; new opportunities for them to perform a role in external relations – Cooperative character of German federalism confirmed