Germany, regional Obligatory referendum [LOR] - Länderneugliederung Berlin und Brandenburg
General Typology
- Instrument
- Obligatory referendum [LOR]
- Location
- Germany
- Political level
- regional
- Local Name:
- Länderneugliederung Berlin und Brandenburg
- Normative Level:
- constitutional
- Legally Binding:
- yes
- Legally Defined:
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Article 118a [New delimitation of Berlin and Brandenburg]
The division of the territory comprising Berlin and Brandenburg into Länder may be revised, without regard to the provisions of Article 29, by agreement between the two Länder with the participation of their inhabitants who are entitled to vote.
References: Basic Law of Germany, 1949 (accessed Nov. 6, 2019)
Article 3
Consent of the parliaments and referendums
(1) This treaty needs to its ratification the consent of each two-thirds of the members of the House of representatives of Berlin and of the Landtag of Brandenburg, as well as in each of the two countries of the approval in a referendum. The needed approval in each of the two countries is the majority of the votes; the majority must include at least a quarter of the total electorate. The referendums are held in two countries on 5 May 1996.References: Treaty between the federal states of Berlin and Brandenburg, 1995
- Subject Matter:
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New delimitation of Berlin and Brandenburg
Actors
- Author:
- Parliaments of the federal states in question : 2/3rd majority in each parliement
- Initiator:
- Law
- Decision maker:
- Electorate of the two states in question
Requirements
- Available Time:
- Turnout Quorum:
- Majority of the votes must include 1/4 of the total electorate in each state
- Approval Quorum:
- Majority in each state
- Geographical Quorum:
- Majority in each state
- Excluded Issues:
- Other Formal Requirements:
Procedural Elements
- Wording Of Ballot Question:
- Interaction With Authorities:
- Supervision And Support:
- Transparency And Finance:
Practice
- Archive:
- Remarks: