Was bedeutet "Volkssouveränität"?
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Official answer: D · Die Staatsgewalt geht vom Volke aus.
Volkssouveränität (popular sovereignty) means that all state authority comes from the people (Article 20 of the Grundgesetz, the Basic Law). Supreme power lies not with a king or a court but with the citizens, mainly through elections.
Explanation by EUpassway, not official; the test itself is only in German.