Constitution of the Free State of Saxony

Sie wurde bisher nur einmal geändert, um eine Schuldenbremse einzufügen.

In July 2013, the Saxon State Parliament added a debt brake (Article 95) to the constitution, which was intended to prevent future state parliaments from taking on new debt.

A second amendment to the constitution in the 2019-2024 legislative period failed due to resistance from some CDU MPs.

Preamble Building on the history of the Margraviate of Meissen, the Saxon state and the Lower Silesian region, supported by traditions of Saxon constitutional history, starting from the painful experiences of National Socialist and Communist tyranny, mindful of their own guilt in the past, guided by the will to serve justice, peace and the preservation of creation, the people of the Free State of Saxony have given themselves this constitution thanks to the peaceful revolution of October 1989.

Sections In particular, the preamble, which emphasizes Saxony's centuries-long history, and the catalogue of fundamental rights, which exceeds that of the Basic Law in terms of scope, are special features of the Free State's constitution.