At the Seventh Party Congress of the SED in April 1967, Ulbricht called for a new constitution, declaring that the existing constitution no longer accorded "with the relations of socialist society and the present level of historical development".
1967年4月统一社会党七届党代会上，乌布里希宣布要建立新的宪法，宣称旧宪法与“社会主义社会的社会关系以及历史发展的当前阶段”不相适应。