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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11029
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INSTITUTIONAL / (ae) european parliament 2014

German Court opens Parliament up to myriad of small parties

Brussels, 28/02/2014 (Agence Europe) - The 3% threshold in Germany for participating in the European elections goes against the constitution and was declared invalid with immediate effect by the German Constitutional Court on Thursday 27 February. This decision will result in the way being paved to the European Parliament for a myriad of small parties. Around a dozen could now make their entry.

In its ruling, the German Constitutional Court (the highest court in Germany) highlighted a...

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