Language: English
Question 67 · Federal question
What is primarily a responsibility of the federal states in Germany?
German original (as asked in the real test)
Was ist in Deutschland vor allem eine Aufgabe der Bundesländer?
- A Verteidigungspolitik
- B Außenpolitik
- C Wirtschaftspolitik
- D Schulpolitik ✓ Correct answer
Translation
What is primarily a responsibility of the federal states in Germany?
- A Defense policy
- B Foreign policy
- C Economic policy
- D Education policy ✓ Correct answer
Explanation
Education policy is a matter for the German states, under their constitutional cultural sovereignty. Defense and foreign policy stay with the federal level, and economic policy is coordinated mainly at the federal and EU level.
Tips
- Education sits with the Länder, defense and foreign affairs sit with the Bund.
- Cultural sovereignty, Kulturhoheit, is why the states run their own schools.
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