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Organizing into parliamentary groups makes the work of representatives in local parliaments easier.
However, the country is allowed to specify a minimum size.
Schleswig - The new minimum size for parliamentary groups in large local parliaments in Schleswig-Holstein does not violate the constitution.
The state constitutional court decided this on Friday in Schleswig.
The state parliamentary groups of the FDP and SSW had sued against the new regulation.
Since June 2023, a parliamentary group in municipal and city councils or district councils with 31 or more members must have at least three representatives.
Previously, two elected representatives were sufficient to form a parliamentary group.
The plaintiffs saw the tightening as an unreasonable disadvantage to their ability to participate in politics, for example in committees (LVerfG 4/23).
The President of the State Constitutional Court, Christoph Brüning, said that some of the applications were inadmissible.
“To the extent that they are permissible, they are unfounded.” dpa