Am I the only one, or does anyone else feel like Karlsruhe wanted to avoid the discussion about the legitimacy of the new elections? The justifications read as if a blank check has now been issued for the Chancellor and the President - if the two agree, the Bundestag is gone in a flash. An allegedly bad prognosis and the consent to it are enough ...

Why do we even have rules for the dissolution of the Bundestag in the Basic Law if the Constitutional Court apparently doesn't care much anymore?