The German Constitutional Court has not suffered negative consequences from the disagreements in the ruling coalition regarding the selection of its new members, said Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt, quoted by DPA and BTA.
The dispute between the two formations in the ruling coalition – The Christian Democratic bloc and the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) have postponed the vote on the new judges.
Dobrint said he disagreed with critics who say that "anything that does not lead directly to a certain result automatically harms the Federal Constitutional Court".
"I do not see any harm to the Federal Constitutional Court," he told Deutschlandfunk television.
The leader of the opposition Green party Franziska Brantner told reporters that trust in the highest court had been "harmed by negligence". The leader of the SPD parliamentary group, Matthias Mirsch, accused the conservatives of "deliberately destroying Germany's highest court and democratic institutions" of Germany.
In contrast, Dobrindt explained that this is a normal political process that is subject to many influences and during which the initially set goals do not always correspond to the final result".
The appointment of new judges to the Constitutional Court was to be decided in parliament yesterday. However, Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc surprisingly withdrew its support for the candidate backed by the SPD.
The decision led to discontent among MPs and the postponement of the vote.
Merz, who has been in power since May, has repeatedly promised his government to avoid the constant disputes within the ruling coalition that accompanied the mandate of his predecessor Olaf Scholz.