The co-leader of Germany’s Green Party, Felix Banaszak, has strongly criticized the conservative Union bloc following the withdrawal of Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf as a candidate for the Federal Constitutional Court. Speaking on Deutschlandfunk radio, Banaszak described the situation as “rather outrageous” indicating the step had become necessary due to external pressures.
He further stated that the Union leadership had achieved its objective, but at a significant cost, asserting that substantial damage had been inflicted upon the Constitutional Court and by extension, German democracy as a whole.
Banaszak accused the Union parliamentary group of instrumentalizing the jurist’s position on the issue of abortion. He clarified that Brosius-Gersdorf’s views, which he characterized as shared by “75 to 80 percent of the population” advocated for maintaining the current practice while removing abortion from the scope of criminal law, rather than merely decriminalizing it.
The Green Party leader described the process as “somewhat shabby” and contended that it lacked substantive discussion.