Tag: Electoral reform
CSU and Bavaria sue against electoral law reform – politics
The CSU and the Bavarian state government are taking the electoral law reform introduced by the traffic light coalition to the Federal Constitutional Court. The lawsuits announced by Prime Minister…
CSU and Left complain about electoral reform – politics
The signing of the law on the controversial electoral law reform by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with criticism in the CSU. “I regret that the Federal President did not…
Steinmeier signs reform: New electoral law can come into force – politics
Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier signed the law amending the electoral law on Thursday, allowing the reform to come into force. Steinmeier ignored calls from the CSU and the left not…
Bavarian government wants to sue against electoral law reform
Status: 05/16/2023 5:15 p.m The dispute over the reform to reduce the size of the Bundestag continues: Bavaria wants to sue against the new electoral law. State Interior Minister Herrmann…
CSU plans to file constitutional lawsuit against new electoral law soon – Bavaria
On Monday, the CSU executive again spoke out in favor of taking legal action against the federal electoral reform. As party leader and Prime Minister Markus Söder announced after a…
Bundestag election: Greens want to soften electoral law reform
For years, politics has been concerned with the question of how to trim the Bundestag, which has become much too large, back to normal. The current Bundestag has 736 members…
Anger over an election campaign gift – Bavaria
Ludwig Hartmann actually came to the state parliament restaurant to talk about water. When it comes to water, and climate protection in general, CSU leader Markus Söder is “in the…
Compromise proposal in the dispute over the right to vote – politics
Because of the fierce criticism of the electoral law reform, the SPD has now come up with a compromise proposal. The SPD member of the Bundestag, Axel Schäfer, proposes lowering…
Professor Christoph Schönberger on the electoral reform and the CSU – Bavaria
Interviewed by Andrew Glass The electoral reform is still reverberating, the anger is great in the CSU. If the party fails at the five percent mark, it will no longer…
There is also criticism of the new electoral law in the traffic light – politics
It was a debate that was unusual in its sharpness for the German Bundestag. Last Friday, the traffic light factions passed a new electoral law against resistance from the opposition.…