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The controversial electoral law reform to reduce the size of the Bundestag can come into force. Federal President Steinmeier passed the law according to information from the ARD Capital Studios signed.
According to information from ARD Capital Studios Frank-Walter Steinmeier signed the law on the controversial electoral law reform. It was previously checked in the Office of the Federal President: not for the political content, but whether the law conforms with the Basic Law. Steinmeier’s experts come to the conclusion: yes, it is.
The Federal President is not publicly commenting on his decision today. One hears from the Office of the Federal President that it is regrettable that the government has not found a broader consensus on the reform of the electoral law. The electoral law reform was passed in the Bundestag with the votes of the traffic light coalition, the opposition voted against it.
Opposition had announced lawsuit
The CSU and the left have announced that they will take legal action against the law at the Federal Constitutional Court. The Office of the Federal President hopes that going to Karlsruhe will contribute to pacifying the heated debate. In the last few weeks and months, there have always been heated arguments between the CDU/CSU, the left and the governing parties.