power and efficiency why can't we have more control of our political and economic standing in europe. how do you see bavaria going about trying to achieve independence. and if. there's a brilliant democratic solution for that the people should decide the bavarian constitution attributes and especially high status to any referendum and there have been referendums in bavarian history certainly i would never agree to an independent bavaria that would not be conscious about its responsibilities as part of germany and as part of europe but the various should have more say as regards its political and economic status this is all the more important since brussels as well as berlin have been continuously taking on new competencies in the past decades case in point as far as finance is concerned is the german inheritance tax which is levied in all of the states by the federal government even on fiscal matters it isn't the states who get to make decisions but the federal policy makers in berlin...