Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
The German eternity clause (German: "Ewigkeitsklausel") is Article 79 paragraph (3) of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (German: "Grundgesetz"). The eternity clause establishes that certain fundamental principles of Germany's democracy can never be removed, even by parliament. The fundamental principles, (i.e., "the basic principles" of Articles 1 and 20), are as follows: