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German Constitutional Court approves Lisbon – with provisos

On Tuesday the Federal Constitutional Court ruled that the Lisbon Treaty is fundamentally compatible with the German Constitution – the Grundgesetz or Basic Law. The judgment is vast and verbose (German/English) but here’s a (still quite verbose) summary of it (German/English). The court sees Lisbon as substantially increasing EU competence, but not to such a […]

July 2, 2009 | 5 Comments

German Constitutional Court: Bavarian smoking ban upheld

I’m back from Berlin now, but thought you might want to catch up with part two of this summer’s German constitutional litigation over the smoking bans introduced by various Länder. You may recall that the bans in Baden-Württemberg and Berlin were ruled unconstitutional and must be applied with modifications pending legislative reform, because the scope […]

in Uncategorised | September 3, 2008 | 209 Words | 8 Comments

German Consitutional Court: smoking bans disproportionate

I’m afraid you need to read German in order to read the recent judgment of the Federal Constitutional Court in which it has ruled unconstitutional smoking bans in Berlin and Baden-Württemberg. There is also a press release which explains the judgment in slightly less dense German, and a Deutsche Welle article in English which gives […]

in Uncategorised | August 6, 2008 | 448 Words | 1 Comment

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