The German Basic Law was originally conceived as a provisional arrangement, intended to last until German division was overcome.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent, authoritative sources (German Interior Ministry, Bundestag, Library of Congress, Georgetown Law) confirm the Basic Law was explicitly designed as a provisional constitution pending reunification, corroborated by textual evidence in the original preamble and Article 146.
Sources
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- https://www.bmi.bund.de/EN/topics/constitution/state-order/our-constitution/our-constitution-node.html (bmi.bund.de)
- https://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/germanlegalresearch/constitution (guides.ll.georgetown.edu)
- https://www.bundestag.de/parlament/grundgesetz/gg-serie-15-schlussbestimmungen-634562 (bundestag.de)
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