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2 BvC 12/20 ECLI:DE:BVerfG:2025:cs20251126.2bvc001220 AI generated

Mootness of election review complaint and rejection of judicial composition objection based on alleged European law incompatibility

Case Number 2 BvC 12/20
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Jurisdiction Germany (DE)
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Outcome struck_off
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The Federal Constitutional Court declared the election review complaint moot and did not provide further reasoning, thereby upholding the status quo without a substantive ruling on the merits. The case involved an election review challenge where the complainants also filed a setup objection (*Besetzungsrüge*), arguing that the court's composition violated European law. The Court dismissed the setup objection de novo, determining that the composition was lawful under the Basic Law and that allegations of incompatibility with European law were inherently unsuitable to establish a defect in the court's composition. Citing the reasons set out in the rapporteur’s letter, the Court applied § 24 Sentence 2 BVerfGG to refrain from further substantive analysis of the election review complaint.

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§ 24 Satz 2 BVerfGG; Mootness of election review complaint and rejection of judicial composition objection based on alleged European law incompatibility: The case involved an election review challenge where the complainants also filed a setup objection (*Besetzungsrüge*), arguing that the court's composition violated European law. The Court dismissed the setup objection de novo, determining that the composition was lawful under the Basic Law and that allegations of incompatibility with European law were inherently unsuitable to establish a defect in the court's composition. Citing the reasons set out in the rapporteur’s letter, the Court applied § 24 Sentence 2 BVerfGG to refrain from further substantive analysis of the election review complaint.

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judicial review European election inadequate constitutional complaint objections to an election result review on the merits substantive defects

Cited Legislation

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§ 24 Satz 2 BVerfGG
Procedural rule applied to waive further reasoning because the complaint became moot.
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2 BvC 6/15
Electoral review complaint dismissed under EuWG/BVerfGG due to lack of justification and mootness
2 BvC 14/11
Election Review Complaint; Waiver of Reasoning Under § 24 Sentence 2 BVerfGG
2 BvC 21/22
Mootness of election review complaint following reconstitution of legislature and loss of legal interest
2 BvC 11/22
Wahlprüfungsbeschwerde: Verwerfung ohne weitere Begründung nach Berichterstatterschreiben gemäß § 24 Satz 2 BVerfGG
2 BvC 19/15
Election review complaint dismissed for lack of merit under the European Parliament Election Act

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§ 24 Satz 2 BVerfGG

Procedural rule applied to waive further reasoning because the complaint became moot.

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Feststellung der Erledigung einer Wahlprüfungsbeschwerde unter Hinweis auf das Berichterstatterschreiben - kein Anlass zur Prüfung der Senatsbesetzung bei völlig ungeeigneter Begründung der Besetzungsrüge

[TENOR]

Die Wahlprüfungsbeschwerde hat sich erledigt.

[GRUENDE]

Der Senat sieht keinen Anlass zur Prüfung seiner ordnungsgemäßen Besetzung, weil diese im Einklang mit den zu den jeweiligen Besetzungszeitpunkten geltenden Rechtsvorschriften, insbesondere den Vorgaben des Grundgesetzes steht. Das Vorbringen der Beschwerdeführerinnen zu deren vermeintlicher Unvereinbarkeit mit "europäischem Recht" ist zur Begründung eines Besetzungsmangels von vornherein ungeeignet.

Die Wahlprüfungsbeschwerde hat sich aus den in den Schreiben der Berichterstatterin vom 29. Oktober 2024 genannten Gründen erledigt. Gemäß § 24 Satz 2 BVerfGG wird von einer weiteren Begründung abgesehen.