Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the complainants are entitled to partial reimbursement of necessary expenses under § 34a(3) BVerfGG despite dismissal of the constitutional complaints.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. Although the complaints were dismissed, they contributed to clarifying a question of fundamental importance, so equity justified reimbursement of one third of the necessary expenses.
Extrahierte Begründung
Under § 34a(3) BVerfGG, cost allocation may favor complainants even after dismissal if the proceedings helped clarify an issue of fundamental significance. The Court considered the complainants' position on the admissibility question concerning alleged impairment of the Bundestag's permanent budgetary autonomy and found reimbursement equitable.