Embarrassing Accidents and Solomon-like Judgments

this Federal Constitutional Court After litigation by the League and the Left, the traffic light party’s electoral law reform was dealt with and a verdict was issued in which all parties could win by one point. But first, the court had to admit that there had been an embarrassing data leak: On Monday evening, the verdict was briefly published on the Internet. Now it is urgent to clarify how this happened in order to remedy the alleged security gap. Because the court’s verdict was made in court and not on an online platform in advance. Now it is worth noting that the Federal Constitutional Court overturned part of the electoral law reform, but its core remained untouched: The reform that had already come into effect limited the number of members of the Bundestag to 630. This is a good thing, because… German Bundestag Companies have recently become so large that they are in danger of not being able to continue working. The traffic light faction can therefore feel that it is in the right, even if the road to reform is not smooth: the traffic light faction and the coalition have failed to reach a consensus. Everyone involved must admit that such a signal of unity is very important for strengthening trust in the center of parliamentary democracy. The Federal Constitutional Court has now clearly described the traffic light provision as constitutional, according to which applicants from individual constituencies will not enter the Bundestag even if they are directly elected. Overall, this new provision effectively limits the size of the Bundestag, but contradicts the intuition of many people. Federal election. This also represents a certain weakening of the direct election of candidates in the constituencies compared to the system of second balloting via party lists. These are reinforced by the judgment. This could cost a lot in terms of people losing trust in the electoral system. Let me say it again: it is legally clean and protected by the Basic Law, so political instrumentalization is prohibited. The judgment is also Salomon-like, because the traffic lights have to be changed in another place: the basic mandate clause remains valid, so that in future parties can also have representation in the Bundestag if they obtain less than 5% of the votes in the national second ballot, but win at least three direct mandates. This is particularly suitable for them Colorado State University Important for the left. The judicial decision upholding the clause clearly states: Christian Democratic Union and the CSU and its parliamentary group in the Bundestag. This is extraordinary. However, whether everything will remain this way remains to be seen. Because sooner or later the electoral law will have to be amended again due to the basic enabling clause. If the coalition wins next year’s election, it will most likely want to reopen everything again.