Germany, Constitutional Court

Germany’s Top Court Rejects Attempts to Stop Debt-Brake Vote
Germany’s top court rejected emergency bids to prevent the nation’s outgoing parliament from racing ahead with changes to the constitution to remove limits on defense borrowing and set up a €500 billion ($544 billion) infrastructure fund.
Top German court rejects bid to scrap vote on infrastructure package
In one of its very last legislative acts, the outgoing German parliament will probably be able to vote on a massive infrastructure and defence package next week, following a top court ruling. The Federal Constitutional Court on Friday rejected several urgent applications against the planned special sessions of the outoing Bundestag,
German court rejects a vote recount demanded by populist BSW party
Germany's Constitutional Court has declined to order a recount of the country's parliamentary election last month in which the upstart populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) party fell short of gaining seats in the Bundestag.
German Top Court Rebuffs BSW Bid for Recount of Election Votes
Germany’s top court rejected a suit brought by the populist left-wing party BSW seeking a recount of the votes cast in last month’s national election.
Germany's Top Court Dismisses BSW Party Election Result Challenge
Germany's constitutional court on Thursday dismissed a complaint by the leftist Sarah Wagenknecht Alliance seeking to legally challenge the results of the national election due to alleged counting errors.
Merz is chiseling economic decline into the German constitution
Friedrich Merz, who once presented himself as the last line of defence against debt madness, is now set to push Germany’s new ...
Federal Trojans at BND: civil rights activists take case to Human Rights Court
Reporters Without Borders and the Society for Civil Liberties complain to the European Court of Human Rights about the BND's ...
Far-right legal challenge adds fresh obstacle to German debt plans
Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) party will file a complaint to the constitutional court next week over plans to raise ...
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RSF and GFF file complaint against Germany and its Federal intelligence Service Act at the European Court of Human Rights
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF) - The Society of Civil Rights -  have filed a ...
Germany to Ease Government Debt Limits in Major Step Aimed at Boosting Economy, Defense Spending
German governments lived within the limits during the ... Yet another emergency exemption was used in 2023. However in late ...
5 convicted of plotting to overthrow the German government and kidnap former health minister
A German court has convicted five people of plotting to overthrow the government in a far-right coup and kidnap the former ...
German AfD party grows parliamentary clout, sparking concern
After coming second in Germany's recent election, the far-right AfD party now holds even more parliaments seats than before. Constitutional experts are worried.