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Ulrich Vosgerau questioned whether it is the role of a federal president to keep the political opposition in check through legal means. He also criticized Udo di Fabio, whom he described as the intellectual author of the Merz model. Vosgerau wrote that the already ousted Bundestag had loosened the debt brake using extensive special funds and prioritized climate protection in order to win the Greens' support. Later, di Fabio had stated on Phoenix as a neutral constitutional expert that the procedure was constitutionally permissible, without mentioning that, according to Vosgerau, he himself had designed it. Vosgerau also argued that the final decision on the constitutional amendment in the third reading was unconstitutional – contrary to the legal opinion of the Federal Constitutional Court. Since the composition of the new Bundestag was already established, he saw no understandable reason to convene the old Bundestag. A female president of the Bundestag does not have the political right to decide which Bundestag she convenes to enforce certain goals, he wrote. #Bundestag #Verfassungsrecht #Politik (translated)

Ulrich Vosgerau wrote that Jürgen Elsässer was acquitted of the charge of defamation last Wednesday before the District Court of Naumburg on the Saale. According to him, conflicts between general personality rights and freedom of the press should be brought before the press chambers of the regional courts and could not be addressed in criminal proceedings before a district court. #Pressefreiheit #Persönlichkeitsrecht #Justiz (translated)

Ulrich Vosgerau wrote that Stefan Homburg rightly criticized that politics distorts the concept of investment. According to his observation, in political language, "investment" has long been used no longer in the economic sense, but generally denotes an expenditure that is desirable from the politicians' perspective. Whether value is preserved or a return can be expected does not matter. According to Vosgerau, expenditures are often considered politically sensible if they contribute to maintaining power. #Investition #Politik #Ökonomie (translated)

Ulrich Vosgerau wrote that the Federal Constitutional Court had recently emphasized that public broadcasting is more important today than ever. The original argument for it, that there were only television frequencies for one or two channels and that a private television market was therefore inconceivable at first, no longer applies. At the same time, Vosgerau criticized the reasoning that citizens only receive reliable, correct, and politically balanced information through public broadcasting, while disinformation lurks on the internet. He ironically portrayed the reporting on France as if students were protesting there because they wanted to learn more and receive more homework. #ÖRR #Information #Frankreich (translated)

Ulrich Vosgerau wrote that Friedrich Merz might miss the moment when he could still dismiss the SPD ministers and form a minority government with changing majorities. According to Vosgerau, the SPD could then leave the federal government first, accompanied by fierce accusations and the singing of dirty songs. Then, a months-long campaign by the 2RG would threaten, with maximum mobilization of the state-funded civil society, whose influence Merz, according to Vosgerau, had not ended before. #Politik #Deutschland #Merz (translated)

Ulrich Vosgerau stated that forests are being extensively cleared to install wind turbines. Their massive concrete bases remain permanently in the ground and seal it, which he described as an ecological disaster. In addition, wide clearings are being made for trucks to access the facilities, even though, according to him, the fire department cannot extinguish burning wind turbines. #Umweltschutz #Nachhaltigkeit #Energiepolitik (translated)

Ulrich Vosgerau wrote that Friedrich Merz's politics would bring even less support to the Union in the next federal elections than in the previous ones. At the same time, in his estimation, mainly the few critics of this policy would lose their mandates and thus have no influence in the future. As a comparison, Vosgerau cited the "Berliner Kreis," a group of Union members of parliament who opposed Angela Merkel's political line after the federal elections in 2017. Nevertheless, that line continued; after the 2021 elections, the circle largely disappeared as a group of members of parliament. To his recollection, only Klaus-Peter Willsch still had a mandate. Vosgerau described the development as a vicious circle: The attempt to correct Union politics through voter decisions effectively brings about the opposite and further facilitates the decline. #Bundestagswahl #Union #Politik (translated)

Ulrich Vosgerau wrote that the federal government supports Ukraine with everything it has. Chancellor Friedrich Merz promised additional funds during a visit on Germany's National Day, while infrastructure in Germany is deteriorating. Vosgerau accused Merz of complete political cluelessness. At the same time, Vosgerau praised the investigations of the Federal Criminal Police Office: According to individuals with police and intelligence knowledge he referenced, the BKA had identified the perpetrators and arrested the alleged main perpetrator in Italy. This person seemingly traveled on vacation without worry, as no one in Ukraine anticipated an identification had already been made by German investigators. The Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg is now conducting proceedings against the alleged main perpetrator, who is charged, among other things, with a war crime under the International Criminal Code: an attack on civilian infrastructure, Vosgerau wrote. Neither the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office nor the court appeared to be influenced by the political positions of the federal government and Merz or the political interests of Ukraine. This led him to the thought that state action in Germany might indeed be functioning after all. https://t.co/ML0rDgtCUk #Deutschland #Ukraine #Bundesregierung (translated)

On the other hand, good reasons can also be found for why it is really a pity that these self-proclaimed and arrived synagogue trolls from Halle were not chased through the streets with police batons. Vosgerau still regretted that they were not properly beaten by the police. #AfD #Antisemitismus #Halle (translated)

Ulrich Vosgerau criticized that the state initially encourages people to privately prepare for retirement and save money instead of relying on pensions. People forgo consumption and invest their money, he wrote. A few years later, the state then demands that the wealthy must make a solidarity contribution, according to Vosgerau. #Rente #Vorsorge #Solidarität (translated)

Ulrich Vosgerau wrote that he initially wanted to report on P_Plattform and the blockade in Halle, but then learned from the ZDF heute show about the participation of the incumbent Minister President of Saxony-Anhalt, Sven Schulze, at the memorial ceremony. He described this as a previously unreported circumstance that changed the situation. Vosgerau asked whether it would have been too much to ask for Schulze, in his official capacity, to have urged the blockaders to allow the duly elected deputy president of the state parliament, who according to Vosgerau represents the strongest political party in Saxony-Anhalt, to pass. If the blockaders had also not been impressed by Schulze, Vosgerau believed that he should have declined to participate in the memorial ceremony and clearly communicated this. #Politik #SachsenAnhalt #Gedenkfeier (translated)

Ulrich Vosgerau said he had talked with PublicoMag about the prerequisites for a possible ban procedure against the AfD. According to his description, a new media campaign presents such a procedure as a non-binding constitutional examination that the Federal Constitutional Court could casually handle if it were pointed out. Vosgerau described this presentation as "nonsense." #AfD #Verfassungsrecht #Politik (translated)

Ulrich Vosgerau wrote that Helmut Kohl should have converted the pension system to capitalization and state funds starting in 1982. Instead, according to his representation, the ancillary wage costs were distributed in a Ponzi scheme and supplemented by 25 to 30 percent of the federal budget. At the latest since 1975, experts had been aware that the Bismarck system was no longer functioning in light of demographic change and the pension dynamization of 1957, Vosgerau wrote. The left had therefore expected a fundamental reform from Kohl and Kurt Biedenkopf but wanted to oppose terms like "neoliberalism" and "Thatcherism." However, Kohl not only wanted to become chancellor but also to remain in office, according to Vosgerau. Norbert Blüm was the only minister who stayed in office during Kohl's entire 16-year term. #Rentenreform #Politik #Demographie (translated)

Ulrich Vosgerau wrote that, in his view, senior officials should represent the government's line in Parliament due to their civil service obligations. However, public broadcasting presents them as independent and objective experts, solely committed to the common good. In his opinion, this reverses the actual power relations: it appears as if politics must follow the recommendations of impartial experts. Vosgerau described this as "faux expert rule" and compared it to a practice where the government funds NGOs that demonstrate for politically left causes, initiate petitions, and engage with the media. This creates a simulated political pressure emanating from the population, which, he wrote, politics in a democracy supposedly cannot ignore. Meanwhile, "the real people" are at work, paying taxes and social contributions. #ÖRR #Demokratie #Expertenherrschaft (translated)

Ulrich Vosgerau wrote that the event in Bremen was surreal and embarrassing. According to his assessment, the ZDF today show hardly reported on it and only briefly conveyed the speech of the Federal President, without showing moving images. He asked whether the responsible parties at ZDF might have found the event embarrassing and whether they wanted to prevent the public from knowing about it. Vosgerau described the political system as a combination of two isolated circles: one, which he referred to as the political-media complex, that celebrated itself in Bremen, and a large group of politically uninterested, mostly well-off retirees. The latter, although they did not understand politics, trusted the authorities and were led to believe that criticizing politicians would lead back to a dark past. From his perspective, he attributed grotesque notions and dogmas to the political-media circle, such as those regarding subsidized wind turbines and Islamization. As a connecting force between these circles, Vosgerau referred to public broadcasting. The working population, especially young men, increasingly realized that they had no influence on this development and that their interests were being neglected, he wrote. #Politik #Medien #Gesellschaft (translated)

Ulrich Vosgerau wrote that he, along with Peter Weber, dealt with the "Erfurt Prohibition Theater." The initially seemingly successful media staging of the left faction in the Thuringian state parliament with Hape Kerkeling, whom he derogatorily referred to as "Hape the Robber's Grandson," had just derailed. Vosgerau cited the beneficial effect of the internet and X as the reason. https://t.co/RL5VZCVnmO #Thüringen #Erfurt #Politik (translated)

Ulrich Vosgerau wrote that NIUS also reported on the Erfurt hearing, which had gone viral on X the day before. He ironically termed the reporting as balanced and complete and hinted that no one had been left out. https://t.co/rA7dYAl01N https://t.co/apF4I5dCae #Erfurt #Nachrichten #Politik (translated)

Ulrich Vosgerau wrote that he explained the systematics of §§ 102 and 103 of the Code of Criminal Procedure as well as the fundamental right to the inviolability of the home in the radio program "The Rule of Law" by Kontrafunk. He described the practice of using house searches for trivial offenses – especially insult under § 185 of the Criminal Code – as a means of education against politically different thinkers as strange and post-democratic. He always regarded the program as recommendable. #Rechtsstaat #Demokratie #Grundrechte (translated)

The whole truth about the epochal expert hearing in Erfurt with the oiled cheesecake Indian Hape Kerkeling🥳🤡 and important (although some rather uninformed) experts... – (The insufficient, here’s the event | The indescribable, here it’s done...🤔). Vadim Derksen ] I... #Erfurt #HapeKerkeling #Expertenanhörung (translated)