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Bavaria must remain part of Germany, says top court
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- Publisher
- The Local (Germany)
- Date
- 3 January 2017
- Original language
- en
- Link
- https://www.thelocal.de/20170103/bavaria-must-remain-part-of-germany-says-top-courtAccessed 19 September 2026
Editorial annotation
Reports the Federal Constitutional Court's decision of 16 December 2016 (released 3 January 2017) rejecting a private petition for a Bavarian independence referendum, holding that German states are not "masters of the constitution" and cannot secede.