The Federal Constitutional Court has decided that the Minister of Economic Affairs, Katherina Reiche, must temporarily delete an Instagram video about the Left Party after the Left Party obtained a preliminary injunction that protects its right to equal participation in political competition. #Verfassungsgericht #KatherinaReiche #Linke (translated)
The Federal Constitutional Court has ruled that Minister of Economic Affairs Katherina Reiche must delete a defamatory video about the Left Party, which implies antisemitism, from Instagram, after the Left Party sued for the use of official government resources for political discrediting. #Verfassungsgericht #KatherinaReiche #DieLinke (translated)
The Constitutional Court (VfGH) has declared a regulation for the classification of vineyards in Austria illegal, which increases the pressure for the reform of wine law. #Weinrecht #VfGH #Österreich (translated)
The Constitutional Court (VfGH) has decided that the regulations for classifying vineyards by the National Wine Committee in the Wine Designation Ordinance are illegal, as the transfer of sovereign powers to the committee is not covered by the Wine Law of 2009. #Weinrecht #VfGH #Weinkomitee (translated)
The president of the Constitutional Court, Christoph Grabenwarter, advocates for a change in the law that grants constitutional judges more rights to ensure that the chancellor cannot hinder them, which is supported by the coalition, while the FPÖ sees no reason for mistrust. #VfGH #Rechtsstaat #Verfassungsreform (translated)
The Federal Constitutional Court reviews the regulations on inheritance tax for their constitutionality. #Verfassungsgericht #Erbschaftsteuer #Gesetzgebung (translated)
The lawyer Heinz Mayer sees good chances of success for the application against the ban on Mozart sellers in Vienna, while the remaining sales spots are contested. #Mozartverkäufer #Verfassungsgerichtshof #Wien (translated)
The news program reports on the report concerning sexualized violence from abuse commissioner Claus, Chancellor Merz, who advocates for support for reforms among employers in Berlin, the appointment of Schweitzer as the new Minister of Labor following Bas's resignation, the constitutional court's review of inheritance tax regulations, and Pope Leo XIV, who is undergoing a lung operation in the hospital. #Missbrauchsbeauftragter #Reformkurs #Erbschaftsteuer (translated)
Frank Bräutigam from SWR reports on the upcoming examination of inheritance tax by the Constitutional Court. #Erbschaftsteuer #Verfassungsgericht #FrankBräutigam (translated)
The Italian opposition plans to file 30 lawsuits against the recently passed electoral law of the Meloni government in order to achieve a review by the Constitutional Court before the upcoming parliamentary elections. #Wahlgesetz #Italien #GiorgiaMeloni (translated)
Peter Borbe criticized that Lauterbach referred to the AfD as a party that does not stand on the basis of the Basic Law and wants to overcome democracy during "hart aber fair." Borbe asked why Lauterbach was allowed to make such claims and wrote that the assessment of who stands on the basis of the Basic Law is not the responsibility of an SPD member of Parliament, but of the Constitutional Court. #AfD #Demokratie #Grundgesetz (translated)
Two companies affected by a ban that prohibits the sale of concert tickets by Mozart vendors in central locations in Vienna are taking the measure to the Constitutional Court (VfGH) and consider the ban to be disproportionate and unfair. #Wien #Verfassungsgerichtshof #Mozartverkäufer (translated)
Josef Franz Lindner wrote that Jun had introduced a penalized cease-and-desist declaration in connection with a secret election as a representative. Lindner saw a constitutional issue in this and asked whether Jun, as a member of a constitutional court, really did not recognize this. #Verfassungsrecht #Wahlrecht #Unterlassungserklärung (translated)
Key Pousttchi wrote that the actual problem with Jun's statement is that a legal scholar fundamentally rejects the foundations of parliamentary democracy. According to him, the Greens wanted to see such individuals on constitutional courts so that their political stance could be implemented without hindrance. #Politik #Recht #Verfassung (translated)
Guntram Proß accused the activist Jun of undermining a cornerstone of democracy with his handling of the secret vote. Jun is a non-professional deputy member of the Bavarian Constitutional Court. Proß was not surprised that the Greens had sent him; he referred to the representatives of Our Democracy as the largest anti-democrats. #Demokratie #Aktivismus #Bayern (translated)
The author wrote that secret elections are problematic. However, he described the fact that a constitutional judge had proposed them as alarming for democracy in Germany. #Demokratie #Wahlen #Verfassungsgericht #DE (translated)
The spokesperson for the firewall victims wrote to Apollo News DE that the Bavarian Constitutional Court has deprived itself of the opportunity to maintain the impression of defending the Basic Law. #Verfassungsrecht #Grundgesetz #Bayern (translated)
The Federal Administrative Court has expressed constitutional concerns regarding the ORF contribution for companies and calls on the Constitutional Court to examine it, as the regulation may contradict the principle of equality. #ORFBeitrag #Verfassungsgericht #Gleichheitsgrundsatz (translated)
Three administrative courts in Austria have made different decisions regarding the price disclosure of the costly cancer drug Keytruda, while the Constitutional Court must now decide on the freedom of information requests. #Medikamentenpreise #Keytruda #Krebsbehandlung (translated)
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has passed an electoral reform in Parliament that provides for a return to proportional representation, prompting the opposition to challenge the law before the Constitutional Court. #Wahlrechtsreform #Italien #GiorgiaMeloni (translated)
