judgements The Federal Constitutional Court sets limits to the police The police coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania The judges of the Federal Constitutional Court declared a number of provisions in the federal state's Security and Order Act (SOG), which was reformed in 2020, to be unconstitutional. photo © Danny Gohlke/dpa For years, critics have complained that federal states are tightening their police laws. Karlsruhe is now objecting to a number of regulations in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - and making strict...
After election glitches Berlin election can take place – Federal Constitutional Court rejects urgent application You could already vote for the repeat election in Berlin by postal vote. The election date is now final © Jens Kalaene / DPA In Berlin, the elections to the House of Representatives can be repeated as planned. This has been decided by the Federal Constitutional Court. The re-election to the Berlin House of Representatives can take place as planned on February 12. In summary...
After election glitches Federal Constitutional Court rejects urgent application: Berlin election can take place You could already vote for the repeat election in Berlin by postal vote. The election date is now final © Jens Kalaene / DPA In Berlin, the elections to the House of Representatives can be repeated as planned. This has been decided by the Federal Constitutional Court. The re-election to the Berlin House of Representatives can take place as planned on February 12. In summary proceedings,...
breaking news Status: 01/31/2023 09:54 am The elections for the Berlin House of Representatives, which were rescheduled after various mishaps, as well as the district elections can take place on February 12 as planned. The constitutional judges dismissed several urgent applications. The re-election to the Berlin House of Representatives can take place as planned on February 12. In summary proceedings, the Federal Constitutional Court refused to order a postponement of the vote at short notice. This was announced by the...
breaking news Status: 01/31/2023 09:54 am The elections for the Berlin House of Representatives, which were rescheduled after various mishaps, as well as the district elections can take place on February 12 as planned. The constitutional judges dismissed several urgent applications. The re-election to the Berlin House of Representatives can take place as planned on February 12. In summary proceedings, the Federal Constitutional Court refused to order a postponement of the vote at short notice. This was announced by the...
The Portuguese Constitutional Court rejected for the second time on Monday a law authorizing euthanasia, pointing to an "intolerable vagueness" in its drafting and sending the text back to Parliament, which has been trying to legislate in this direction for nearly three years.Court judges concluded that the text did not comply with the fundamental law because it failed to clearly define the "suffering of great intensity" which could pave the way for a "medically assisted death", they announced in a...
analysis Status: 01/30/2023 2:22 p.m The highest German financial judges consider the solidarity surcharge to be permissible. But that could change over time, the court said. The plaintiffs will probably file a constitutional complaint. By Kolja Schwartz, ARD legal department The Basic Law regulates very precisely which taxes and levies there may be and who benefits from the income from them. The most important taxes are income tax and sales tax. They belong to the federal and state governments jointly....
Once again, the AfD failed in the state parliament with a constitutional complaint. The Bavarian Constitutional Court rejected an application by the parliamentary group that aimed to classify a statement made by the President of the Landtag Ilse Aigner (CSU) at a panel discussion as unconstitutional. "The request for a declaratory judgment is unfounded, since the objectionable statement does not unconstitutionally interfere with the applicant's group rights," said the court in Munich on Friday.The AfD group had accused Aigner of...
There will be no new attempt for Jean-Michel Blanquer. The Constitutional Council on Friday validated the election of Minister Clément Beaune during the June legislative elections, rejected the appeal of the former Minister of National Education in Loiret and canceled the election of Bénédicte Taurine (LFI) in Ariège .The body responsible for electoral disputes rejected eight of the appeals presented in nine constituencies, he said in a statement. Is thus validated in the 7th district of Paris the election of...
Invested by Nupes, the outgoing MP for the first constituency of Ariège, Bénédicte Taurine was re-elected on June 19 with 55.31% of the vote ahead of the candidate of Ensemble!, Anne-Sophie Tribout. Seven months later, this election has just been canceled by the Constitutional Council.This decision is made following a hiccup during the first round of the legislative elections. On June 12, 2022, in certain offices of the constituency, the ballots of the candidate of the National Rally, Jean-Marc Garnier,...
