Representatives of the Churches of Germany demanded the ban on Sunday shopping to work.

Representatives of Catholic and Protestant churches of Germany appealed to the Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, demanding the repeal as unconstitutional a law in force in Berlin, which requires dealers to work on Sundays, said Die Welt.

Under this law, adopted in 2006, Berlin's shops have to work ten Sundays a year, that is for retail trade workers are about one-fifth of the total number of weekend days.

Representatives of the churches argue that the law violates freedom of religion of shops, as well as difficult for their departure Sunday religious rites. Particular displeasure plaintiffs appealed the law, which requires dealers to work with 13 to 20 hours in December predrozhdestvenskie Sunday.

In their complaint the church point to the article 140 th Basic Law according to which resurrection and holidays officially declared "day of rest, and lift the spirit, as well as an article guaranteeing freedom of veroispovedeniya.

As noted in this connection, Die Welt, in contrast to other European countries in Germany, working on weekends has long been banned. The situation changed only in 2006 after the federal reform, when the right to determine the working and nonworking days moved within the purview of federal lands.

The most far in this regard stepped Berlin, passed a law that shops should be open ten Sundays a year. Then declare a six Sundays working days for the retailers have been forced authorities of Brandenburg. In other land dealers have to work from two to six Sundays a year.