Country report, gender equality - How are EU rules transposed into national law? Germany 2024

The German legal system is a federal constitutional system. The centre of legal thought and practice is the parliamentary statute, but the legislator is bound by the Federal or State Constitution. The system is hierarchical: federal law takes precedence over state law, and the Federal Constitution takes precedence over the state constitutions. Due to the federal system, legislative powers are

Source: op.europa.eu