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The Federal Constitutional Court is once again addressing inheritance tax and is calling for a reform of the existing system in order to adequately consider both the burdens on heirs and the inequalities between different types of assets. #Erbschaftsteuer #Bundesverfassungsgericht #Steuerreform (translated)

The Federal Constitutional Court is examining whether the inheritance tax privileges for company heirs are constitutional, as they often have to pay significantly less tax or none at all compared to heirs of private assets. #Erbschaftssteuer #Bundesverfassungsgericht #Betriebsvermögen (translated)

"The Federal Constitutional Court adjudicates on the obligation of neutrality with utmost consistency. Official authority and state resources may not be misused for partisan and political statements." Schulze stated in writing: "The Federal Constitutional Court adjudicates on the obligation of neutrality with utmost consistency. Official authority and state resources may not be misused for partisan and political statements." #TobiasRausch #AfD #Neutralitätsgebot (translated)

Economics Minister Katherina Reiche warns against a "unpleasant debate of envy" in the discussion about higher inheritance taxes for businesses and emphasizes the importance of family businesses, while the Federal Constitutional Court is set to hear two lawsuits regarding inheritance tax next week. #Erbschaftsteuer #Familienunternehmen #Neiddebatte (translated)

The author wrote that a new buzzword is being spread: The Federal Constitutional Court should examine a ban procedure against the AfD. However, he only saw this as mere zeal from the political competitors of the AfD and claimed that such an examination procedure does not exist anywhere. He referred to the critics as self-proclaimed defenders of the Basic Law. #Bundesverfassungsgericht #AfD #Grundgesetz #DE (translated)

The Left party is suing the Federal Constitutional Court against the Federal Ministry of Economics, as they consider an Instagram post in which Minister Katherina Reiche sharply attacks the party to be a violation of the neutrality requirement. #Linke #Neutralitätsgebot #Karlsruhe (translated)

Manaf Hassan criticized the closeness of Federal Constitutional Court President Stephan Harbarth to the political leadership. A photo from the weekend in Bremen shows Harbarth at the state ceremony for the Day of German Unity directly next to leading politicians, he wrote. The court president must stand for the separation of powers, but had previously served as a CDU member of the Bundestag, a member of the CDU federal executive, and as deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU faction in the Bundestag. Harbarth had switched from the faction leadership to the Federal Constitutional Court in November 2018 and was elected vice president the day after his election as a judge. About a year and a half later, he became president. Hassan described it as unusual that Harbarth reached the head of the court without prior judicial activity in Karlsruhe. Before that, Harbarth had worked as a partner in a law firm that split from Shearman & Sterling in 2008, becoming SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz. Until 2004, Hanno Berger also worked there in Frankfurt on tax law. Berger is considered a central developer of the Cum-Ex transactions, in which banks and investors received refunds for capital gains tax that they had never paid. Experts estimate the damage, according to Hassan, at a double-digit billion amount. Berger later advised, among others, the Hamburg Warburg Bank and has since been legally convicted. Harbarth worked during those years in the Mannheim office of the law firm; what he knew about Berger's activities remains unclear, Hassan wrote. Additionally, Hassan referred to decisions and proceedings at the Federal Constitutional Court: The First Senate under Harbarth's chairmanship had examined and largely approved central Corona measures in 2021. In the Second Senate, there has been a complaint regarding the election review from BSW for almost two years, which wants to achieve a recount of the federal election and entry into the Bundestag. If BSW were to enter Parliament retroactively, the black-red coalition would lose its own majority, according to Hassan. He asked how Harbarth could be at the head of the court while also publicly standing next to the government, whose actions the court should control. #Bremen #Bundesverfassungsgericht #Politik (translated)

Thorsten Alsleben wrote that he is thankful to the Left Party because their application to the Federal Constitutional Court made him aware of a video by Katherina Reiche that he had not seen before. He stated that he gladly shared the video. https://t.co/8t3OnSfg55 https://t.co/aNPY5AQxXx #Bundesverfassungsgericht #KatherineReiche #Video分享 (translated)

The author wrote that the Left had sued Federal Minister of Economics Reiche before the Federal Constitutional Court. According to his account, she had used state resources for political expressions by publishing a video against the Left through her ministry's account. He saw this as a violation of the neutrality requirement. #DieLinke #Neutralitätsgebot #Politik #DE (translated)

The author accused Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of terminating the remaining independence of the Federal Constitutional Court. As evidence, he referred to Steinmeier's statement that judges could not be neutral when it comes to the violation of the Basic Law. #Bundesverfassungsgericht #Rechtsstaat #Grundgesetz #DE (translated)

Apollo News reported that Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf ran for the office of a judge at the Federal Constitutional Court in 2025 and withdrew her candidacy after significant debates about her positions. She has now accused circles around the AfD of having organized a campaign against her. https://t.co/79j1aKZeFc #Bundesverfassungsgericht #Politik #AfD (translated)

The author wrote that after Hape Kerkeling presented excellent arguments for a ban on the AfD in the state parliament this week, it was only logical to appoint constitutional lawyer Prof. Horst Schlämmer to the Federal Constitutional Court. #AfD #Verfassungsrecht #Politik #DE (translated)

The question of banning the AfD now belongs before the Federal Constitutional Court. Germany is a resilient democracy. Article 21, paragraph 2 of the Basic Law allows for a party ban if a party actively and deliberately seeks to undermine the free and democratic basic order or to... https://t.co/X12zaVG3GN #AfD #Demokratie #Bundesverfassungsgericht #DE (translated)

Seven instead of eight years. This is not a correction, this is leniency. Simeon Trux, born as such, later called Maja T., attacked with other patriots on the "Day of Honor." Contusions, bruises, broken bones. For this, there is now a one-year discount in Budapest. The public prosecutor wanted to impose a harsher sentence. The court reduced it. Those who beat others often face a debate in Germany and at least a punishment in Hungary. However, even that is being downplayed again. Arrest in Berlin, extradition, the Federal Constitutional Court finds the procedure inadmissible, the family speaks of isolation and vermin. All important, as soon as the perpetrator suffers. The bones of the beaten do not feature in this sympathy. Seven years for a serious crime is not a scandal of harshness. It is the scandal that even this is considered too much. #Rechtsprechung #Justiz #Menschenrechte (translated)

Somehow absurd. Right at the front for the AfD ban is Ferat Kocak, who had to give up his seat on the interior committee due to clan contacts. If the same standards were applied to the LEFT as the proponents of the ban on the AfD, then the ban application against the LEFT would have long been at the Federal Constitutional Court. #AfD #Politik #Bundesverfassungsgericht (translated)

I think the @AfD prohibition procedure is great. In the end, there will be exactly one party in 🇩🇪 with the "constitutionally compliant" seal from the Federal Constitutional Court. Doubts will remain for everyone else. And then we will take a look at the SED 😉 #Politik #Deutschland #Verfassung (translated)

Former Federal Constitutional Court judge Gertrude Lübbe-Wolff believes it makes sense to also elect candidates proposed by the AfD to the Federal Constitutional Court. In an interview with "Legal Tribune Online," she points out that such judges are already active in several state constitutional courts. She warns that a comprehensive exclusion could deter suitable candidates and strengthen radical forces within the AfD. In her view, a potential blockage of the court's work would be a breach of duty that could be sanctioned. She expresses significant reservations about an AfD ban and criticizes the reliability of the expert opinions she is familiar with. Instead, she advocates for first examining the potential revocation of fundamental rights for particularly radical individuals. #Bundesverfassungsgericht #Rechtsprechung #Grundrechte (translated)