The referendum on the expropriation of large housing companies in Berlin is difficult to implement from the point of view of the House of Representatives, Ralf Wieland. “We now have a result that the Senate should submit an expropriation law. On the other hand, we have a freshly elected parliament, where four out of six parties have declared that they are against this expropriation, ”said Wieland (SPD) of the daily newspaper“ taz ”(Wednesday).
Berlin - “With one party, the Greens, we have an almost social democratic both-and, and with the Left Party, clear support for the referendum. I don't know how this is going to be implemented. ”He sees the main problem in the question of whether the State of Berlin can pull down an article of the Basic Law, which does not exist in the Berlin State Constitution, at the state level. "And then also with these key data, especially the limit of 3,000 apartments," said Wieland. “What is the reason for the demarcation - why expropriate from 3000 apartments and not from 1500 or 4168? I have to be able to justify that in court. "
The President of Parliament also sees the disadvantage that the referendum does not provide that a bill on expropriation must be submitted to the vote.
“It was just a request,” said Wieland.
"With a completed draft law that would have happened pretty quickly: Those affected would have sued immediately, and that would have gone straight to the court." Wieland reckons that a decision will now take much longer.
One and a half to two years would definitely have to be taken into account for a constitutionally compliant draft.
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