Government considers holding 3 referendums to address constitutional differences: Full report
A government spokesperson revealed that the Cabinet is considering the performance report. The commission for the examination and study of the guidelines for calling a referendum to resolve the problem of differences of opinion on the Constitution 60 will hold 3 referendums, in line with the ruling of the Constitutional Court which supports the modification […]
AfD is fighting for the post of committee chair in Karlsruhe
In the past, positions in the Bundestag were usually distributed after an election without much fanfare. Things have changed since the AfD sat in the plenary session. Now the highest German court is negotiating this. The Federal Constitutional Court is examining whether the AfD parliamentary group has the right to chair Bundestag committees and whether […]
Japan Plans to Export Next-Generation Fighter Jets in Partnership with UK and Italy
Japan plans to allow the export of next-generation fighter jets jointly developed with the UK and Italy to third countries. According to the Yomiuri Shimbun on the 15th, the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan and the ruling Komeito coalition agreed to allow the export of defense equipment limited to next-generation fighter jets at a meeting […]
Role of women: Ireland votes against modernization
Ireland’s government wanted to modernize two passages of text. The concept of family should be expanded and a passage on the role of women in the household should be reworded. But the plan failed. Ireland’s government has failed with two referendums aimed at modernizing wording in the constitution on the role of women in the […]
Referendums on family and the role of women failed
The government wanted to modernize the constitution. The concept of family should be expanded and the wording about women in the household should be changed. The head of government sees the project as a failure. Ireland’s government has conceded defeat in two referendums aimed at modernizing language in the constitution on the role of women […]
Important decision in the dispute between the AfD and the Office for the Protection of the Constitution
How does the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution classify the AfD? In a year with many elections and protests against the party, this question is particularly explosive. Now the highest administrative judges in North Rhine-Westphalia are deciding. Is the AfD a suspected right-wing extremist case? And the party’s youth organization, the Junge […]
“Historical”: Abortion rights in the French constitution
“My body, my decision”: France writes the right to abortion into the constitution – and wants to be a role model worldwide. A vote with great symbolic power: In France, the freedom to have an abortion is enshrined in the constitution. The three-fifths majority required for this was achieved in Versailles at a meeting of […]
Abortion rights are given constitutional status in France
“My body, my decision” – these words shine down from the Eiffel Tower. France writes the right to abortion into the constitution – and wants to be a role model worldwide. A vote with great symbolic power: In France, the freedom to have an abortion is enshrined in the constitution. The three-fifths majority required for […]
France enshrines the right to abortion in its constitution
France is the first country in the world to include “freedom to have an abortion” in its constitution. The amendment passed with a large majority. The right to abortion will in future be enshrined in the French constitution. The three-fifths majority required for this was achieved on Monday in Versailles at a meeting of both […]
France enshrines the right to abortion in its constitution
The Prime Minister speaks of “moral guilt”: France changes its constitution and grants the right to abortion. Not everyone likes that. The right to abortion will in future be enshrined in the French constitution. The three-fifths majority required for this was achieved in Versailles at a meeting of both chambers of parliament. Only 72 MPs […]
