The German Federal Constitutional Court has urgently stopped the planned approval of the controversial law on heating in the Bundestag on July 7, July 5 ZDF broadcast.
Germany’s highest court in Karlsruhe announced on 5th July that the second and third readings should not take place this week. Thus, the urgent request of the CDU deputy Thomas Heilmann before the court was granted.
The decisive factor for the judges in Karlsruhe was that the law could be passed at another time. According to the court, this will not affect the planned entry into force of the law from January 1, 2024.
The Bundestag may convene a special session this month. The court also notes that the Bundesrat could also meet before the next regular session at the end of September if the federal government requests that it be convened.
The Federal Constitutional Court granted the urgent motion by five votes to two. The court decision prohibits the Bundestag from debating and voting on the law on the grounds that the bill was not presented to deputies in writing at least 14 days before the vote.
Heilman claimed that his rights as a representative were seriously violated during the legislative process. The CDU politician stressed that his visit to Karlsruhe was “clearly directed not against the main purpose of the law, but against grossly inadequate parliamentary procedure.”
The leader of the CDU parliamentary group, Friedrich Merz, described the suspension of the vote on the heating law by the Federal Constitutional Court. “a serious defeat for the federal government of Olaf Scholz”.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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