tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post2076835507313636150..comments2024-03-28T16:15:19.319-04:00Comments on Saideman's Semi-Spew: NATO over Libya (continued)Steve Saidemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09881915512311951902noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-42704376628455470152011-03-22T18:19:02.737-04:002011-03-22T18:19:02.737-04:00The German Constitutional Court has ruled that dep...The German Constitutional Court has ruled that deployments need approval by the Bundestag. I am not a legal scholar so I may get a fine point wrong or two, but that is the gist as far as I have been able to discover and as far as German behavior seems to be.<br /><br />The elections might matter. Also getting a vote through that is not just minimum winning coalition is important--otherwise other parties are not implicated.Steve Saidemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881915512311951902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-22266237140219048802011-03-22T18:14:55.056-04:002011-03-22T18:14:55.056-04:00So does German law specifically require advance ap...So does German law specifically require advance approval?<br /><br />Would it also have to clear the Bundesrat? The coalition lost its majority there recently. But it may not even need to pass there, given that it's not obviously an issue of Land interest.<br /><br />I'm guessing those state elections loom large in the government's calculations.MSShttp://fruitsandvotes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-72136419241676875622011-03-21T21:48:29.191-04:002011-03-21T21:48:29.191-04:00Good question. I don't know yet--haven't ...Good question. I don't know yet--haven't had the chance to do the work. It might be that Merkl does not want any bruising battles trying to get a new mandate passed through the Bundestag. And that is what it would take to actually do anything, such as sending NATO AWACS staffed by German officers.Steve Saidemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881915512311951902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-70851838242547261092011-03-21T21:36:55.871-04:002011-03-21T21:36:55.871-04:00Is the German abstention mainly about all the elec...Is the German abstention mainly about all the elections Merkel's coalition is about to take a dusting in? Or is there likely more to it?MSShttp://fruitsandvotes.comnoreply@blogger.com