Judiciary
Brosius-Gersdorf case: SPD warns Union for reliability
The lawyer Brosius -Gersdorf was nominated by the SPD as a constitutional judge – now she has withdrawn her candidacy. Trust has been lost in the coalition.
After the withdrawal of the constitutional candidate Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf nominated by the SPD, the Social Democrats expect more reliability and loyalty from their coalition partners CDU and CSU.
Federal Minister of Justice Stefanie Hubig (SPD) told the German Press Agency that “campaigns” should not lead to talented and qualified applicants-and above all applicants. “We have to learn from it – everyone together. It is about a better discussion culture and about withstanding such attacks on democracy better in the future.”
The election of Potsdam Jura Professor Brosius-Gersdorf and two other candidates for the Federal Constitutional Court was discontinued in the Bundestag in July because the resistance in the Union faction against the SPD candidate had become too great. The top of the parliamentary group could not guarantee the support for the coalition partner SPD. SPD parliamentary group leader Matthias Miersch wrote in a letter to his MPs that CDU and CSU would now have to commit themselves to the rules of governance. “Only if commitments exist are sustainable compromises possible. Only then can we regain trust and secure political ability to act.”
The Unionspitze had repeatedly signaled its consent to Brosius-Gersdorf. “The fact that central parts of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group have distanced themselves from not only trust, but also questions the foundation on which democratic cooperation is possible at all.” Miersch also wrote: “Perhaps some of you are wondering how resilient this coalition is even if the other partner does not adhere to agreements. In the state in which the Union faction presented itself in the judge’s election, this question is justified.”
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The Rhineland-Palatinate Prime Minister and Vice-President of the Federal SPD, Alexander Schweitzer, called for better cooperation in the coalition. “This federal government is condemned to success,” he told the Editorial Network Germany (RND). “I can only hope that all of this have in mind, especially Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz.”
The Brosius-Gersdorf, which was particularly controversial in the Union, had announced on Thursday that she was no longer available for a candidacy as a judge at the Federal Constitutional Court. It was very clearly signaled from the CDU/CSU parliamentary group that her choice was excluded, it was said in a letter spread over a Bonn law firm. In addition, the 54-year-old constitutional lawyer criticized parts of the media, even if the reporting had become more objective.
The reason was given, among other things, statements about demolition of pregnancy and a possible obligation to vaccinate in corona times. Also, shortly before the planned election of the plagiarism seekers Stefan Weber, spoke up with questions about the dissertation of the constitutional lawyer. Brosius-Gersdorf initially recorded her nomination.
Left boss Ines Schwerdtner told the T-Online portal that the processes around Brosius-Gersdorf were a certificate of poverty for the federal government. Union faction leader Jens Spahn does not have his faction under control, and the Social Democrats have “the enforcement power of a sleeping rabbit”. So a government will not be able to hold out for four years. In future judge elections in the Bundestag, Schwerdtner calls for a right of proposal and a place at the table for your party.
The SPD member of the Bundestag Ralf Stegner told the RND to withdraw from Brosius-Gersdorf: “The day will go into history when the day the right mob has celebrated a triumph for the first time. In contrast, the democratic parties have proven defenseless.” The Union must finally understand which dam broke it made it possible.
“This contributed to this, a mixture of malice, negligence and sleepwalking,” said Stegner. “A repetition of such a process must be excluded. Merz and Spahn have to publicly signal that they have understood what is at stake.”
Brosius-Gersdorf’s withdrawal may solve the blockade around the judge’s election, at the same time he presents the coalition a new (old) problem: to find the necessary two-thirds majority in the Bundestag for choosing its candidates.
In the end, the CDU/CSU could have been dependent on votes from the AfD at the election burst in mid -July. Both the Union and the other factions want to avoid this. But the Union faction rejected conversations with the left, the voices of which could then be necessary.
dpa
Source: Stern
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