Convoluted Schröder Resignation
am 01.07.2005 von http://www.recht.us/amlawCK - Wahsington The convoluted resignation of chancellor Schröder passed the next step: The Parliament accepted his request for a vote of no confidence. The ball is now in the court of president Köhler or the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe which had previously deemed a fake resignation unconstitutional.Numerous German law blawgs cover the issue, many with simple mirrors of news reports which jurabilis! and Handakte …
No Dependable Majority
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The lack of a dependable majority in the diet, Bundestag, weighed on President Köhlers decision today to dissolve the parliament. He explained his rationale on TV and encouraged the country to vote on September 18, 2005.…
Elections in September Approved
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / MAG - Washington. The German Constitutional Court ruled on August 25, 2005 that President Köhlers decision to dissolve parliament on July 21, 2005 was not unconstitutional, 2 BvE 4/05 and 2 BvE 7/05. Two members of parliament had complai…
German Federal Constitutional Court Allows Elections on 18 September
Law & Justice / The German federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) allows that the elections for a new Bundestag can be held at 18th September. Two MPs, Werner Schulz (Die Grünen) and Jelena Hoffmann (SPD, same party as the head of government, Chan…
German sentence / Deutscher Satz
Transblawg / The German Federal Chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, is on holiday, but he’s only gone to Hannover. Meanwhile, by Friday the Federal President has to announce whether or not he will permit the Bundestag to be dissolved, meaning there will be a…
Elections Just Like That
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. After an electoral loss of his party in the state of North-Rhine-Westphalia, Chancellor Schröder would like to disband the federal diet in Berlin and hold federal elections in the fall. In the regular cycle, such election…
Elections in Germany and the United States
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / AK - Washington. German federal elections -- the next one will be held in October 2009 -- differ substantially from their American counterparts. The German political system does not employ an electoral college system. In a parliamentary democ…
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