Arrogance of the majority feeds anti-democratic myths

A good reputation is quickly lost: Chancellor Scholz on June 5 in the plenary session of the Bundestag. Picture: dpa

The Bundestag is one of the best parliaments in the world. Still. Because with the haste with the heating law and with the electoral law reform, the governing majority is feeding anti-democratic myths.

We have a good parliament in Germany. Anyone who looks at other large parliaments, the British House of Commons with its Brexit spectacles, the American Congress with its budget blockades or the Polish Sejm, which has been undermining the rule of law for years, should know what Germany has in its Bundestag. It is one of the best parliaments in the world.

Still. Because since the traffic light has the majority, the Bundestag is endangering its reputation. The most recent self-harm he has inflicted with the heating law. The Federal Constitutional Court temporarily stopped the final vote less than 48 hours before the set date because the majority in the House apparently gave the deputies too little time to read their draft law in the first place.

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Source: FAS

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