The CampusCrew news overview from 02/03/2021:
Lawsuit against electoral reform
From Nicolas
The FDP, the Greens and the Left are jointly suing the grand coalition’s electoral reform. The three opposition parties filed their complaint with the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe on Monday. At the center of the criticism is the regulation contained in the law that overhang mandates will no longer be compensated in the future. These should only be partially offset against the list mandates of a party. If the standard size of the Bundestag of 598 seats is exceeded, up to three overhang seats should not be compensated for by compensation seats. The Union, which recently won a particularly large number of direct and overhang mandates, could benefit from this. Britta Haßelmann (Greens) emphasized that there was no legal clarity in the draft law.
“With the applications, we make it clear that the challenged new regulation violates the requirement of clarity of standards and that of unpaid overhang mandates.”
– Britta Haßelmann Parliamentary Secretary of the Greens
Your co-plaintiff and legal political spokesman for the Left, Friedrich Straetmanns, called the draft “a political sham” that would “grandiose” miss the target.
Military coup in Myanmar
From Madleine
After a military coup in Myanmar on Monday morning, the commander in chief of the armed forces has taken power and declared a state of emergency. The military accuses the ruling party NDL of election fraud after it achieved an absolute majority in the autumn 2020 elections. The de facto Prime Minister Aung San Suu Kuyi and 44 other people were arrested by the military.
Aung San Suu Kuyi is a symbol of democracy in Myanmar. In 1991 she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her democratization efforts in the military dictatorship of Myanmar. The UN, the EU and the US condemned the military coup. US President Biden also announced that he would intervene should the military continue to violate democratic rules and laws.
Lionel Messi as a scapegoat
From Pia
The publication of Lionel Messi’s contract with FC Barcelona shows that the professional footballer is said to have collected around 555 million euros since 2017. Now the rumors are circulating as to whether he is not the reason for the high debt of the top club of 1.1 billion euros.
However, no one was forced to sign this contract. In addition, Messi is the figurehead of the club all over the world and thus not only generates costs, but also brings a lot back in. An exact balance is hardly possible, but Spanish economists have calculated an approximate value. Messi generated around 619.2 million euros in revenue between 2017 and 2020. During this time it only cost FC Barcelona € 383.7 million. This model suggests that the football club is not the victim.
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