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In its "Lisbon Decision," the Federal Constitutional Court touched upon the question as to what extent legislation of Member States is "influenced, preformed or determined by Europe." Political science tries to measure this Europeanization by counting the number of laws from past legislative periods that originate in a "European Impulse" ("Impulse Method"). This method obtains its data primarily from the legislative documentation of the Bundestag. However, this documentation does not comprise all legislation based on European law. Furthermore, no statement is possible as to whether legislation that had been enacted in the past & which is based on a "European Impulse" is still in force today. Therefore, it is only possible to measure the influence of European law on current German law by comparing the number of current European legislative acts with the number of current German laws ("Competence Method"). Adapted from the source document.

On June 30, 2009, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled that the Act Approving the Treaty of Lisbon (Zustimmungsgesetz zum Vertrag von Lissabon) is compatible with the German Constitution. However, the court called for more participatory rights for both Bundestag & Bundesrat in European Union lawmaking & treaty amendment procedures, other than provided for so far by laws accompanying the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon. Through the Responsibility for Integration Act (IntVG) the Bundestag has implemented the decision of the Federal Constitutional Court. The IntVG contains 25 treaty amendment procedures not requiring ratification. In practice, section 8 IntVG should be the most relevant provision concerning participation of both Bundestag & Bundesrat when the flexibility clause (Art. 352) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union is applied. Adapted from the source document.