Germany's new government coalition faced its first major crisis in July when it failed to hold a scheduled parliamentary vote on three new Constitutional Court judges amid controversies about one candidate's political orientation.
This is no small matter — the court occupies a powerful position in German constitutional politics.
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Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International (DRI), a non-partisan NGO in Berlin that supports political participation. Nino Tsereteli also works for DRI, as the programme coordinator for EU Law.