Opposition: ARD, ZDF and Deutschlandradio complained in Karlsruhe about the blockade of increased broadcasting costs in Saxony-Anhalt.
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The Federal Constitutional Court wants to announce a ruling on the complaint filed by ARD, ZDF and Deutschlandradio regarding the state of Saxony-Anhalt’s rejection of the increase in fees on Thursday.
DThe Federal Constitutional Court hopes to increase the blockade on ARD, ZDF and Deutschlandradio on Thursday. Broadcast fee Released via Saxony-Anhalt. The court announced the news on Monday (Az. 1 BvR 2756/20). The constitutional judge rejected the urgent motions shortly before Christmas because they had no good reason. The court declared at the time that the public broadcasting company’s constitutional complaint was “neither obviously unacceptable nor clearly unfounded”.
Broadcasting license fees are the main source of revenue for public broadcasters and have been charged per apartment since 2013. It is 17.50 Euros per month and should increase by 86 cents to 18.36 Euros at the beginning of the year.
However, in order for the negotiated national treaty to enter into force, the ratification of Saxony-Anhalt is missing. On December 8, the Prime Minister of the CDU, Reina Haselov, withdrew the draft law before the state legislature voted because it was clear that his party-unlike its coalition partners, the Social Democratic Party and the Green Party-would not support it. Increase. But because all 16 state assemblies must agree, the increase was blocked.
