Federal Constitutional Court: Left with urgent procedure to Karlsruhe

The left wants to prevent billions in decisions with old majorities in the Bundestag with an urgent procedure before the Federal Constitutional Court. As the reigning faction management announced, individual members of the Bundestag and the future parliamentary group in Karlsruhe made the application for an interim order.

The aim is to no longer convene the old Bundestag to be specified for special meetings after the determination of the end result of the Bundestag election of February 26. The reason for the application states that the new MPs are violated in their rights of participation. The incumbent parliamentary group leader Sören Pellmann spoke of a incapacitation.

Pellmann also announced: “Whether we will also continue to proceed legally for hasty decision and legislative projects, so we are still in the exam.” According to reports, this should be decided by the middle of the week.

Loosening of the debt brake and special funds

The possible future coalition of the CDU/CSU and SPD plans to change the Basic Law before the parliament elected on February 23. On the one hand, the aim is to relax the debt brake for increased defense spending, and on the other hand a special fund for infrastructure, which is up to 500 billion euros, which would also be financed through additional debt.

The left considers it inadmissible to make far -reaching decisions with old majorities. The Greens also do not want to agree to the planned billion-dollar defense and infrastructure package from the Union and SPD in its current form. But they keep talks open.

In the old Bundestag, the CDU/CSU, SPD and Greens have a two-thirds majority, as is necessary for constitutional changes. In the new parliament, a two-thirds majority would only come about with voices from the left or the AfD.

Left open for discussions about debt brake open

The left has signaled that it would be available for discussions about the abolition or reform of the debt brake. This was confirmed by the incumbent co-faction leader Heidi Reichinnek and welcomed the announcement of the Greens not to carry the approach of the Union and the SPD.

“We, as the left, continue to commit ourselves to the fact that the debt brake, which is neither a natural law nor god, is finally abolished,” said Reichinnek. “But we are ready, and we have also emphasized several times to carry a reform with us. There are democratic majorities in the new Bundestag.”

The left is against greatly increased defense spending. When asked, however, Reichinnek indicated that participation in the reform of the debt brake would not necessarily fail. She said that if the debt brake was reformed as a whole, this enables investments, for example in housing, in health, and education. “How exactly these rooms will be used, the Bundestag decides on the budget.”