The adoption of Germany's Climate Protection Act planned for this Friday can go ahead after the Constitutional Court rejected an application for a temporary injunction. The highest German court in Karlsruhe made the announcement on Thursday after Christian Democrat member of parliament Thomas Heilmann applied for the injunction on Wednesday. He justified the move, similar to his successful proceedings against Germany's new Heating Act last year, because of an "extremely shortened consultation pe
Germany’s highest court has condemned ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel for having “excluded” the far-right party “from the circle of parties capable of forming coalitions and cooperating within the democratic spectrum” by criticising the election of a Thuringian prime minister with the votes of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).