Steffen Bilger, the first parliamentary manager of the Union caucus, urged the coalition committee on Wednesday for a prompt resolution of the electoral‑law reform. “The coalition must now swiftly reach a fair and workable solution” he told the “Stern”. “Anyone who wins a single‑member constituency must also take a seat in the Bundestag”.
Bilger highlighted that about one million German voters presently have no Bundestag representative because their constituency winners’ mandates have not been assigned, and no other party candidate has entered the parliament via the party list. “This situation is unacceptable and harms democracy; the coalition must agree on it” he added.
According to “Stern” investigations, the electoral‑law commission composed of CDU, CSU and SPD has stalled. Months of discussion have produced no joint proposals. The commission’s talks appear to be on hold, as shown by several written inquiries to the federal government. Green party politician Helge Limburg repeatedly asked about scheduled meeting dates; responses cited that “consenting on exact dates” was still underway (as of early December) or that “no dates were fixed at present” (as of February). The Interior Ministry’s latest reply in early March echoed this, stating that “no dates are fixed at the moment”. “This government commission has failed” the Green electoral‑law expert declared.
