Faeser: The Union is not doing enough to protect democracy. The traffic light coalition has considered enshrining details on the election and term of office of constitutional judges in the Basic Law.

These could then no longer be changed with a simple majority, but only with a two-thirds majority. Faeser sees a risk of sabotage: “Our constitutional state must not be allowed to be sabotaged from within” The German Association of Judges sees it similarly: Even supposedly stable states can collapse.