![Kai Wegner (center r, CDU), Governing Mayor of Berlin, speaks at the Democracy Festival in Berlin's...](https://cdn.aussiedlerbote.de/content/images/2024/05/27/290845/jpeg/4-3/1200/75/berlin-celebrates-75-years-of-the-basic-law-with-a-public-event.webp)
For 75 years, the Basic Law has stood. On its special day, the government region metamorphoses into a vibrant festival setting. Despite a calm Saturday morning, the area continued to brim with life.
Hot-Topics!["Democracy festival" in Berlin and Bonn](https://cdn.aussiedlerbote.de/content/images/2024/05/26/290245/jpeg/4-3/1200/75/second-day-of-festival-of-democracy-held-in-berlin-to-commemorate-75-years-of-the-basic-law.webp)
The "Democracy Festival" is ongoing in Berlin on Saturday with interactive dialog sessions featuring Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck (Greens), Bundestag President Bärbel Bas (SPD), and Constitutional Court President Stephan Harbarth. The program also includes musical concerts, artistic...
Politics![Freedom of opinion is protected by Article 5 of the German Basic Law. According to this, everyone...](https://cdn.aussiedlerbote.de/content/images/2024/05/24/286124/jpeg/4-3/1200/75/the-government-imposes-limitations-on-the-right-to-speak-openly.webp)
In Germany, people are marking 75 years since the passing of the Basic Law. However, Professor Christoph Degenhart (74), an expert in constitutional law, fears for the future of an essential article: Article 5, which safeguards freedom of expression.
Calendar-Sheet![In the front row: Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (68, center) with his wife Elke...](https://cdn.aussiedlerbote.de/content/images/2024/05/24/285250/jpeg/4-3/1200/75/steinmeier-enrages-cdu-leadership.webp)
Disorder prevails at the CDU headquarters in Berlin's Tiergarten and near Bellevue Palace.
German Federal States![The inscription on the Bundestag sums it up briefly: In democracy, all power comes from the voters](https://cdn.aussiedlerbote.de/content/images/2024/05/23/284164/jpeg/4-3/1200/75/stand-up-for-the-constitution-against-the-administration.webp)
The Basic Law was enacted 75 years ago, and the Federal Government and Bundestag are organizing a three-day "grand democracy festival" in the government district to commemorate the event.
Calendar-Sheet![Stephan Weil (SPD, l), Minister President of Lower Saxony, walks past a "Bergen-Belsen" sign during...](https://cdn.aussiedlerbote.de/content/images/2024/05/02/248778/jpeg/4-3/1200/75/weil-the-minister-president-emphasizes-that-democracy-has-historically-remained-resilient.webp)
The Minister President, Weil, plans to witness democracy in practice at various sites within the federal state. The event commemorates the 75th anniversary of the enactment of the Basic Law.
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