DThe controversial heating law can no longer be passed in the Bundestag as planned in this week of sessions. The Federal Constitutional Court granted the application of the CDU MP Thomas Heilmann on Wednesday evening.
He had claimed that his rights to participate in the legislative process had been violated and demanded that the second and third readings should not take place until all MPs had received the essential text passages of the bill at least 14 days beforehand.
Summer break in the Bundestag is coming up
In view of the increased timing of the procedure and the complexity of the law, the Second Senate, after weighing the consequences, complies with this request with a majority of five to two votes. The applicant would be irrevocably deprived of the opportunity to exercise his rights of participation to the extent guaranteed by the constitution in the deliberations and the passing of resolutions on the Building Energy Act.
The amendment to the Building Energy Act was the subject of disputes within the traffic light for months. When the cabinet decision was made in mid-April, the FDP ministers had already warned of the need for change in a memorandum. Shortly before the first reading on June 15, the coalition had listed the necessary modifications in so-called crash barriers. In this respect, a draft law was discussed that was no longer up-to-date when it was read.
Only on June 27 did the coalition factions provide information on the results of the outstanding points in the Building Energy Act. On June 30, the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology presented the Climate Committee with a drafting aid containing a 94-page synopsis of the Federal Government’s draft law and proposed amendments, as well as a 14-page explanatory statement.
Dobrindt speaks of “heavy gossip”
After another hearing last Monday and another amendment on Wednesday, the traffic light groups wanted to pass the law this Friday. The aim was not to drag the discussions about the law into the summer break. Friday is the last day of meetings before the summer break.
CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt spoke of a “heavy smack” for the government of SPD, FDP and Greens. “The repeated disregard for Parliament by the traffic light government has now been put up by the Federal Constitutional Court with a stop sign,” he said. According to Dobrindt, the government had “disrespectfully” treated parliamentarians and the public.
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