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Scholz will not follow Macron's example: In Germany, early elections are not expected

2024-06-10 18:46:22Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA AURON DODI
Scholz will not follow Macron's example: In Germany, early elections are
Scholz will not follow Macron's example

The spokesman of the German government, Hebestreit, said that for a second there is no thought of new elections in Germany. The question was asked after the announcement of new elections in France.

The German government has opposed speculations and calls for early elections, after the defeats of the coalition parties in the European elections. "The normal date for the elections is next autumn and that's how we plan to implement it," said government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit. "At no time, not even for one second, was it thought that new elections could be announced in Germany."

The tripartite coalition is a four-year project. "At the end of four years, the accounts are closed." Hebestreit emphasized that the government has dealt with many areas, after the Russian attack on Ukraine and with the restructuring of the economy, to better protect the climate. This is causing unrest.

The question of why Chancellor Scholz does not announce new parliamentary elections, as President Macron did in France, was raised in the media and by the CDU/CSU opposition on election night. CDU General Secretary Carsten Linnemann told the ZDF channel that the chancellor must pave the way for new elections.

But the situation in Germany is different from that in France. The tripartite government in Germany still has a parliamentary majority, despite a significant weakening in the European elections.

On the other hand: the political systems of Germany and France are different. In Germany, new elections cannot be called by order, but are only possible after several steps.

In France, new elections will be held only for the National Assembly, i.e. for the parliament. But not the elections of primary importance for France, the presidential elections. France has a semi-presidential system, where the main choice is that of the President, who determines the central lines of the country's politics. New presidential elections are not currently on the agenda in France. In addition, in the French system, the President of the country is elected directly by the people in special elections, not by the Parliament.

In Germany, which is a parliamentary republic, general elections are of central importance: since it is the chancellor who determines the main lines of the country's politics. In order to announce new early elections, in Germany it is necessary for the chancellor to lose the vote of confidence in the parliament.

Neither the chancellor nor the president of Germany can order new elections for the German Bundestag "all of a sudden". This is not foreseen in the German Constitution, in the Basic Law. The drafters of the Constitution wanted to guarantee greater stability, after the experiences that destabilized the Weimar Republic in the 1930s. In order to avoid destabilizing the country, several "barriers" were set in the constitution: new elections for the Bundestag can only take place after some intermediate steps.

In the first step, the Federal Chancellor submits the vote of confidence to the Bundestag, in accordance with Article 68 of the Constitution. It is the chancellor and no one else who decides whether or not to take such a step. When you gain confidence, everything remains as it was.

But when do you lose confidence? In principle, it is possible for the Bundestag to elect another person as Federal Chancellor with a majority of its members. This happened at the end of the 1970s, when the Social Democratic Chancellor Helmut Schmidt was succeeded by the Christian Democratic opposition Helmut Kohl. Schmidt was forced to seek a vote of confidence after the FDP liberals abandoned his government with Hans Dietrich Genscher.

When another Chancellor cannot be elected, the Federal President can dissolve the Bundestag within 21 days, on the proposal of the Federal Chancellor.

New elections after 60 days

When in accordance with Article 39 (1) point 4 of the Basic Law, the Federal President dissolves the Bundestag, new elections must be held within 60 days. In Germany, new elections usually also bring a new federal chancellor. Because the chancellor is elected by the Bundestag.

The last time the Bundestag was dissolved and new elections were held in Germany was in 2005. Then-Social Democratic Chancellor Gerhard Schröder sought a vote of confidence after elections in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Schröder's account of the snap election was to win a third term to govern. But he lost the elections by a small margin to the CDU/CSU with Angela Merkel. After that, Federal President Horst Köhler dissolved the Bundestag and new parliamentary elections were held./ DW


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