DISINFO: Germany has no democracy, direct elections, or even a constitution
SUMMARY
Germany is not a democracy by a long shot. Its people do not elect its leaders directly, and the country does not even have a constitution. It's an occupied country with US military bases.
RESPONSE
The claim advances a recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative regarding the state of democracy and human rights in the Western world.
Germany very much has a constitution - officially the Basic Law - which has been in force since 1949. Incidentally, Article 38 of said constitution unambiguously proclaims that members of the German legislature:
"shall be elected in general, direct, free, equal and secret elections. They shall be representatives of the whole people, not bound by orders or instructions and responsible only to their conscience " [p. 38, emphasis added].
Additionally, Germany is by design a "democratic and social federal state," as per Article 20 laying out the country's constitutional principles.
Germany has consistently ranked as one of the freest and most advanced democratic regimes globally, according to Democracy Matrix (5th globally), Freedom House (scored 94/100), and the most recent Democracy Index (15th globally.