bChancellor Olaf Scholz has supported the idea of providing the Federal Constitutional Court with greater protection against political interference. “I think it is a good debate that is taking place now,” said the SPD politician on Tuesday evening at a discussion in Potsdam. He added: “It is right to do these things now.”
The traffic light coalition is considering enshrining details of the election and term of office of constitutional judges not just in a simple law, but in the Basic Law. These could then no longer be changed with a simple majority, but only with a two-thirds majority. This could, for example, prevent judges from being relatively easily removed from office or the role of the Constitutional Court from being changed in the event of a change of government.
Scholz supported the considerations, but at the same time said that he was sure that the majority of citizens obviously disagreed with the extreme right and that they would prevent such efforts. Democratic citizens should not see themselves as the minority. “We are most of them,” said Scholz.
Scholz made the comments at a public event in conversation with the writer Juli Zeh and in response to questions from citizens in his constituency. Regarding the strength of the AfD in Germany, he said: “I think it's terrible.” However, there are growing right-wing populist parties not only in Germany, but also in Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Italy. “Something is already on the way,” said Scholz. The fact that this is now also increasing in Germany “is something that weighs heavily on me.”
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