DThe election for the Bundestag on September 26 can be conducted in accordance with the new election law decided by the League and the SPD.That Federal Constitutional Court An urgent motion was rejected, and the Liberal Democratic Party, Green Party and left-wing lawmakers hoped to overturn these changes immediately. As the Karlsruhe court announced on Friday, it hopes to carefully review the reforms in the main proceedings, and the judges believe there may be problems.
Basically, both parties agree to increase to 709 seats now Bundestag Must be smaller again. A large parliament not only costs taxpayers more money, but it also has worse working capacity. However, the correct way to get there has been debated for years. The compromise solution that all parties hope to support was not reached in the two election clauses.
Does not affect the referendum
In October 2020, the alliance and Social Democratic Party In the end, it single-handedly decided to amend the electoral law, and many experts also believe that this is not enough. Because of the current 299 electoral districts, it should be kept temporarily. Only major reforms are planned in the 2025 general election. A committee will make recommendations for this by mid-2023. The Liberal Democratic Party, the Left and the Green Party jointly proposed an alternative draft, which only provided for 250 electoral districts, but could not win. The three parties not only criticized these changes for not having sufficient effects. They are also not clear, and will benefit the alliance.
The decision has no direct impact on the referendum. This is about the rules that convert voting into authorization. According to the new regulations, one party’s pending tasks partially offset its list tasks. If the Bundestag exceeds its target size, up to three outstanding tasks will not be compensated by compensatory tasks. Fixed at 598 seats.
