Summary dismissal of electoral complaint on European Parliament election

BVerfG 2 BvC 9/10Bverfg / Division 2May 25, 2011Dismissed

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Omnilex summary

The Federal Constitutional Court dismissed an election review complaint concerning the election to the European Parliament as manifestly unfounded. It relied on the reasons previously communicated in the reporter’s letter of 21 April 2011 and, pursuant to § 24 sentence 2 BVerfGG, refrained from issuing any further reasons.

Omnilex headnote

§ 24 Satz 2 BVerfGG; Wahlprüfungsbeschwerde offensichtlich unbegründet; Absehen von weiterer Begründung ist zulässig, wenn die Beschwerde aus den mitgeteilten Gründen keinen Erfolg haben kann. The Court may summarily dismiss an election review complaint as manifestly unfounded and omit further reasoning where the outcome is already sufficiently set out in the reporter’s letter and no additional substantive discussion is required.

Full text

BVerfG — 2 BvC 9/10, Beschluss

Entscheidungsdatum: 2011-05-25

Aktenzeichen: 2 BvC 9/10

ECLI: ECLI:DE:BVerfG:2011:cs20110525.2bvc000910

Dokumenttyp: Beschluss

Normen: § 24 S 2 BVerfGG, EuWG

Spruchkörper: 2. Senat

Titelzeile

A-limine-Abweisung eines Wahleinspruchs bzgl der Wahl zum Europäischen Parlament - Absehen von der weiteren Entscheidungsbegründung

Gründe

1 Die Wahlprüfungsbeschwerde ist aus den im Berichterstatterschreiben vom 21. April 2011 mitgeteilten Gründen offensichtlich unbegründet. Von einer weiteren Begründung wird gemäß § 24 Satz 2 BVerfGG abgesehen.

Keywords

election reviewEuropean Parliamentmanifestly unfoundedsummary dismissalreasoned decision

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Key legal question

Whether the election review complaint against the European Parliament election was admissible or well-founded.

Extracted holding

The complaint was manifestly unfounded and therefore dismissed at the threshold; the Court provided no further reasoning.

Extracted reasoning

The Court referred to the reasons communicated in the reporter’s letter of 21 April 2011 and, under § 24 sentence 2 BVerfGG, abstained from giving further reasons.

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