316. Where can you obtain information on political topics in Bavaria?

Answer options

1. at the municipality’s public order office
2. at the State Agency for Civic Education
3. at the consumer advice center
4. at the churches

Explanation

In the Länder, responsibility for civic information lies with the State Agency for Civic Education; in Bavaria this is the Bavarian State Agency for Civic Education. It operates on a non-partisan, ideologically open basis under the Beutelsbach Consensus (ban on overwhelming, requirement of presenting controversies, learner orientation) and advances the constitutional principles of democracy (Art. 20 Basic Law) and freedom of information (Art. 5(1) Basic Law). Historically, it continues the post-1945 institutionalization of civic education intended to foster citizens’ autonomy after the experience of Nazi dictatorship. The public order office, consumer advice centers, or churches may advise or take positions, but they are not state-mandated neutral providers of civic education.