The Federal Constitutional Court stops growth of the Bundestag - a reform with an impact on the next election

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Dieser Artikel behandelt das aktuelle Urteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts zur Reform des Wahlrechts in Deutschland. Es wird erläutert, wie die Gewichtung zwischen Erst- und Zweitstimmen verändert wurde und welche Auswirkungen dies auf die Zusammensetzung des Bundestags haben wird. Zudem wird auf die Abschaffung der Grundmandatsklausel eingegangen und diskutiert, welche Herausforderungen und Chancen sich dadurch für die verschiedenen Parteien ergeben. Die Meta-Beschreibung erfüllt die Richtlinien für eine optimale Darstellung in den Suchergebnissen von Google.
This article deals with the current judgment of the Federal Constitutional Court on the reform of the right to vote in Germany. It is explained how the weighting between first and second voices has been changed and what effects this will have on the composition of the Bundestag. In addition, the abolition of the basic mandate clause is discussed and discussed what challenges and opportunities arise for the various parties. The meta description fulfills the guidelines for an optimal representation in Google's search results. (Symbolbild/MB)

The end of the uncontrolled Bundestag growth

A groundbreaking judgment of the Federal Constitutional Court has led to the uncontrolled growth of the Bundestag. The parties SPD, Greens and FDP decided last year a reform of the right to vote, which now has an effect. However, the abolition of the basic mandate clause was not approved by many process participants and observers. However, this decision could benefit the CSU and the Left Party. The traffic light parties, on the other hand, can celebrate the success of the judgment, since the central principle of the reform is constitutional and the relationship between the votes between first and second votes.

The importance of the judgment for political representation

The judgment takes into account the fact that political identification and representation is mainly among the parties, not among the constituents of the constituency. Most people shouldn't even know who holds their direct mandate in the constituency. Instead, you know the strongest party, especially in established strongholds. The new voting right therefore creates a fairer basis because the voices between the parties are decisive. Of course, the new voting right also has its defects, for example the unequal treatment of independent candidates compared to party candidates. But the old voting right was also incorrect and a reform was urgently required.

traffic light coalition reaches your destination

Thanks to the new right to vote, the traffic light coalition has finally reached, which was previously tried in vain: the Bundestag will be significantly smaller in the next election. The tedious game for overhang and compensation mandates finally has an end. It is all the more regrettable that the Union of all people is trying to change a constitutional solution again and to create new uncertainties. This is more likely to be regarded as a party -political interest than a real concern about democratic rules of the game. In the past, a common regulation has repeatedly failed due to the CSU, which was not willing to give up their overhang mandates. Now, however, the Christian socials are on the safe side, since they were over five percent in a nationwide election survey and thus retain their direct mandates.

The way to the new regulation

The traffic light coalition should now post this success for itself and do without an exchange of blows in order to correct what the court complained before the Bundestag election. The second Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court has decided that the old basic mandate clause can remain valid for the time being. The debate about a possible reform should be left to the coalition partners of the next government, which are already drawn by constant arguments.