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The German Constitutional Court in a decision (2 BvR 739\/17) as published today declared the German Act for the implementation of the UP system invalid. The Court stated that the Act would factually amend the German Constitution. This would have required a two-third majority in the German parliament, which was not reached. Only 35 members of Parliament were present when the vote was held.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, the decision was not unanimous. Justices K\u00f6nig, Langenfeld, Maidowski published a dissenting opinion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The press release of the<\/a> <\/strong>German Constitutional Court can be read here (German only).<\/p>\n

The Bundestag could now possibly remedy the situation by voting on the Act again with a two-thirds majority, but this could again significantly delay the UPC process. A more detailed analysis will be posted shortly.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The German Constitutional Court in a decision (2 BvR 739\/17) as published today declared the German Act for the implementation of the UP system invalid. The Court stated that the Act would factually amend the German Constitution. 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