Roman Reusch, February 26, 2021, Direct Democracy

German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 19/213, pp. 26826-26827. Herr President. Ladies and gentlemen. Since the introduction of our Basic Law, our political system has taken on a development for which the Italians have a very pertinent designation, a pun: “Partitocrazia”. Which is translated: The rule of the parties. Which rests on three pillars. First pillar: The limitation …

Roman Reusch, November 26, 2020, Patent Court

German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 19/195, p. 24664. Frau President. Ladies and gentlemen. Thus, Frau colleague Dr. Scheer, you now have really very much startled me; for to be quite honest: That was not us. We ourselves have not had recourse to the Constitutional Court. That was a constitutional complaint. When the law was passed, at which …