42. Who enacts a new law in Germany?

Answer options

1. the government
2. the Parliament
3. the courts
4. the police

Explanation

Under the Basic Law, legislative power is vested in the legislature, primarily the Bundestag, with the Bundesrat participating depending on the subject matter (Art. 20(2), 70 et seq., 76–78 GG). Bills may be introduced by the Federal Government, the Bundestag, or the Bundesrat, but they are passed by Parliament through the legislative procedure, which may involve the Mediation Committee and Bundesrat consent or objection. The government and the courts do not make laws; the Federal President signs and promulgates them in the Federal Law Gazette (Art. 82 GG). The Länder also possess their own legislative competences exercised by their state parliaments.