Auf den ersten Blick sieht das Urteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts zum ZDF-Staatsvertrag wie eine Niederlage für die politischen Parteien aus. Doch mittelfristig könnte die Entscheidung sogar zu einer weiteren verfassungsrechtlichen Stärkung ihrer Position führen.
Much has already been written about the European Union’s sanctions against a number of Russian officials following the actions of the Putin government in the region of Crimea. One main point of criticism is that they are unlikely to have any effect because the measures are too weak and the circle of targets is too limited. However due to the lack of better alternatives, the EU’s targeted sanctions may be the best response. This is perhaps not an argument that can win hearts but it should certainly win minds.Much has already been written about the European Union’s sanctions against a number of Russian officials following the actions of the Putin government in the region of Crimea. One main point of criticism is that they are unlikely to have any effect because the measures are too weak and the circle of targets is too limited. However due to the lack of better alternatives, the EU’s targeted sanctions may be the best response. This is perhaps not an argument that can win hearts but it should certainly win minds.
Wie verhindert man am besten, dass der öffentlich-rechtliche Rundfunk von den Inhabern politischer Macht instrumentalisiert und ihren Zwecken unterworfen wird? Indem man diese Machtinhaber radikal aus allen Fernsehgremien hinauswirft? Oder indem man sie, geleitet durch Grenzen und Vorgaben, drinlässt und damit im Gegenteil in die Verantwortung nimmt, den Rundfunk pluralistisch, offen und transparent zu halten? Die Richterinnen und Richter im Ersten Senat des Bundesverfassungsgerichts haben über beide Varianten abgestimmt. Das Ergebnis laut heute verkündeter Entscheidung: Sieben für Reinnehmen, einer für Rauswerfen. Damit dürfte zugleich dafür gesorgt sein, dass der Reihe der Rundfunkurteile, dieser Lindenstraße der Verfassungsgerichtsrechtsprechung, so bald die Puste ... continue reading
Finally, the EU has woken up to geopolitics. Most crucially, the government in Berlin shed the last glimmer of hope it entertained when it was dreaming that the man in the Kremlin might be amenable to dialogue and win-win reasoning. But the EU policy in the European East is still lacking strategic thinking. Before revamping any European Neighborhood Policy, it is a strategy vis-à-vis Russia that is in dire need.Finally, the EU has woken up to geopolitics. Most crucially, the government in Berlin shed the last glimmer of hope it entertained when it was dreaming that the man in the Kremlin might be amenable to dialogue and win-win reasoning. But the EU policy in the European East is still lacking strategic thinking. Before revamping any European Neighborhood Policy, it is a strategy vis-à-vis Russia that is in dire need.
Finally, the EU has woken up to geopolitics. Most crucially, the government in Berlin shed the last glimmer of hope it entertained when it was dreaming that the man in the Kremlin might be amenable to dialogue and win-win reasoning. But the EU policy in the European East is still lacking strategic thinking. Before revamping any European Neighborhood Policy, it is a strategy vis-à-vis Russia that is in dire need.Finally, the EU has woken up to geopolitics. Most crucially, the government in Berlin shed the last glimmer of hope it entertained when it was dreaming that the man in the Kremlin might be amenable to dialogue and win-win reasoning. But the EU policy in the European East is still lacking strategic thinking. Before revamping any European Neighborhood Policy, it is a strategy vis-à-vis Russia that is in dire need.
Finally, the EU has woken up to geopolitics. Most crucially, the government in Berlin shed the last glimmer of hope it entertained when it was dreaming that the man in the Kremlin might be amenable to dialogue and win-win reasoning. But the EU policy in the European East is still lacking strategic thinking. Before revamping any European Neighborhood Policy, it is a strategy vis-à-vis Russia that is in dire need.Finally, the EU has woken up to geopolitics. Most crucially, the government in Berlin shed the last glimmer of hope it entertained when it was dreaming that the man in the Kremlin might be amenable to dialogue and win-win reasoning. But the EU policy in the European East is still lacking strategic thinking. Before revamping any European Neighborhood Policy, it is a strategy vis-à-vis Russia that is in dire need.
Der größte Fehler der EU im Konflikt um die Ukraine besteht in der offensichtlichen Kurzsichtigkeit des eigenen Handelns. Gerade wenn damit zu rechnen war, dass Russland jeden Moment sein „wahres Gesicht“ zeigen und militärisch eingreifen würde, bleibt unverständlich, warum sich offenbar bislang niemand in der EU Gedanken über mögliche Reaktionen auf diesen worst case gemacht hat.
Schweizer Universitäten dürfen Studentenverbindungen nicht den Status als universitäre Vereinigung entziehen, weil sie keine Frauen aufnehmen. So das Schweizerische Bundesgericht in einem Urteil heute. In dem Fall hatte die Universität Lausanne der Verbindung Zofingia diesen Status aus besagtem Grund entzogen. Vereinigungen, die als universitär anerkannt sind, können offenbar Räume der Uni nutzen und sich auf deren Website präsentieren. Die Uni argumentierte, sie sei kraft ihrer Charta verpflichtet, die Gleichheit von Mann und Frau zu fördern. Das, so das oberste Schweizer Gericht laut Pressemitteilung, war verfassungswidrig gehandelt: Die Vereinigungsfreiheit schütze das Recht, frei zu bestimmen, mit wem man in einem Verein ... continue reading
Krim-Krise, ESM-Urteil, Rechtsstaatlichkeitskontrolle der EU-Kommission: Was die rechtswissenschaftlichen Blogs in dieser Woche beschäftigt hat.
The depiction of the European Union as an economic giant but political dwarf is a classic, and criticisms for its failure to get its act together when it comes to foreign and security policy are an old hat. With the recent events in Ukraine, however, EU bashing has reached a new dimension. While the EU might have failed to actively shape the developments in its Eastern neighbourhood, arguably because it has refused to buy into Putin’s world of geopolitics, it did have influence. Despite its external failures, it is the internal success of the EU in transforming Europe into a region of lasting peace, prosperity and security that draws post-Soviet countries to the European Union.
13. September 2025
Giovanni Capoccia
12. September 2025
Anne Peters
12. September 2025
Anne Peters