Archives October 2011.
Not at all more insidious, but most obviously the belt-tightening in the Bundestag. No, unfortunately not what MPs salaries terms - the so-called diets take regardless of any economic situation to. Strangled is rather of thought and freedom of action of our elected representatives, and to always bolder way. These efforts go by the major parties - and their exuberant hubris.
That group chairmen and other party officials chide those who differ in polls of the given line, as happened when it comes to health care reform or the Mazedonieneinsatz the Bundeswehr went, belongs almost to parliamentary normalcy today. Particularly apparent fact, at that time, Franz Müntefering (SPD), who invoked the "party discipline". In other parties, such as the Greens, there was just such controversies. From punish the "apostates" (z. B. By dropping in the nomination of candidates for the next general election) to the expulsion from the party and the range extends to intimidate practice.
So also with the thorny vote on the euro bailout fund (EFSF) last Thursday. Many nonlinear faithful EFSF opponents had to listen to this in advance worst insults from their own ranks, even the veteran Wolfgang Bosbach (CDU) was able to experience this puzzled.
Meanwhile, is clearly regulated in the Basic Law: this entry »