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Judges in Karlsruhe (archive image)
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The Bundestag may determine internally that candidate proposals for the elections to its presidency can only come from the respective parliamentary groups.
On Tuesday, the Federal Constitutional Court rejected the complaint by an AfD politician who had tried in vain in 2019 to make an additional proposal as an individual member of parliament.
(Az. 2 BvE 2/20)
Deputy Court President Doris König said when the verdict was announced that the Bundestag may only restrict the rights of members of parliament "if this is suitable, necessary and appropriate for the effective fulfillment of tasks or for the protection of other equivalent constitutional goods".
In this case, the restriction of the right to propose is “constitutionally sufficiently legitimized”.
Since entering the Bundestag in 2017, the AfD has been the only parliamentary group not to hold a post in the presidium.
The other parties failed all the candidates.
As to whether this is legal, a second case is pending in Karlsruhe.
MP Fabian Jacobi wanted to bring a second AfD candidate into play with his proposal.
In a runoff election in a third ballot, the
AfD
votes would have been enough.
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