After the failure of talks, Union and Ampel are negotiating again. They want to better protect the supreme court from undemocratic influence.
Here a far-right party could cause a lot of damage with the use of power: the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe Photo: Uwe Anspach/dpa
SEDAN dpa/taz | The traffic light coalition and the Union parliamentary group are still negotiating a bill to protect the Federal Constitutional Court from extremists. The CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag confirmed the corresponding talks to the German Press Agency in Berlin on Thursday. But there is no agreement. “More talks are planned after Easter,” he said. He Rhineland Post He had previously reported that Ampel and Unión had agreed on a first bill.
A draft from the Federal Ministry of Justice available to the newspaper states that the new regulation should “contribute to preventing efforts that want to question the independence of the constitutional judiciary.”
Last weekend, the leader of the Union parliamentary group, Friedrich Merz (CDU), asked Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP) to submit a proposal to protect the Karlsruhe court. “We are open to talking about anchoring in the Basic Law a core of proven structures of the Federal Constitutional Court,” Merz told reporters from the Funke media group. The Union takes seriously the concerns and debates of recent weeks. Buschmann is now being asked to introduce a bill.
There is debate about the possibility of enshrining the details on the election and mandate of constitutional judges not only in a law, but also in the Basic Law. This could prevent judges from being removed from office relatively easily after a change of government. The reason for these considerations is concern about the growing influence of extreme parties in Germany. To amend the Basic Law, a two-thirds majority is needed in the Bundesrat and the Bundestag, so the Union would have to accept it.
The first talks collapsed.
The Union ended initial talks in February with the declaration that it saw no compelling need for the constitutional change sought by the traffic light coalition. Later, Merz seemed open to more discussions.
Konstantin von Notz, head of domestic policy for the Green parliamentary group, was pleased with the new willingness to engage in dialogue: “We expressly welcome the fact that the Union is returning to the negotiating table and that the Federal Ministry of Justice has made a proposal initial. for regulations,” von Notz said. We hope for quick and constructive discussions because “it is urgently necessary to protect the Federal Constitutional Court from undemocratic influences.”