2024-08-08 00:19:48
The Federal Constitutional Court’s ruling on electoral reform was already available online on Monday – one day before it was announced. The court has not yet issued an explanation.
The Federal Constitutional Court has not yet explained why the ruling on the latest electoral reform was temporarily available on the Internet on Monday evening.
“The court is currently examining how this could have happened,” said the presiding judge of the Second Senate and Vice President of the highest German court, Doris König, in Karlsruhe. “We regret that it may have been possible to access the verdict on the Internet since yesterday due to a technical error.” You can read more about the glitch here.
She had previously announced the court’s fundamental decisions in bullet points. The Senate considers parts of the reform of the Bundestag electoral law by the traffic light coalition to be unconstitutional. After commenting on the advance publication of the judgment, König continued with the introductory statement. “Because those who have not yet read the judgment probably haven’t really understood the tenor alone.”
Specifically, the judges decided that the deleted basic mandate clause must be reinstated until further notice. You can read more about the ruling here. It also enables parties that remain below the five percent hurdle nationwide to enter the Bundestag according to their two-vote share. The prerequisite is that they achieve at least three direct mandates.