nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230718-231114-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230718s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230718-231114-0 doi eng 342 23 Mittrop, Johanna Author aut Changing Tides in European Election Law - A German Constitutional Law Perspective on the New Threshold Clause for the Election of the European Parliament Mittrop, Johanna Verfassungsblog 2023-07-18 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 15 June, the Bundestag approved a minimum percentage threshold for elections to the European Parliament (EP). Shortly before the summer break, the Bundesrat (Federal Council) also agreed to the clause. German lawmakers already failed twice in this endeavour before the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht, short BVerfG). This time, the German legislator can refer to a binding EU legal act backing its reform efforts. This means the electoral threshold must now be treated (also by the constitutional court) as determined by EU law – with all consequences. However, even a 2% hurdle is not 100% safe from the BVerfG. CC BY-SA 4.0 BVerfG Electoral Law Electoral threshold European Elections European Parliament European Union German Federal Constitutional Court Grundmann, Jonas Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/changing-tides-in-european-election-law/ raw object