had requested an injunction to stop €60 billion (roughly $63 billion) in government credit from the 2021 budget being redirected.
>>武漢肺炎パンデミックのための予算を、気候危機対策の予算に振り向けるのは違法だとおっしゃる。差し止め命令を要求したがあえなく却下。当面は止めんが、審議は続くとな。まあ、政治家なのだから自分らで決めろと思っているのかも？
The three parties that make up the ruling coalition voted earlier this year in favor of transferring the funds.
The party also claimed that the move circumvented Germany's "debt brake" — which limits the amount of credit the government can take out. The debt brake had been suspended to tackle the emergency situation caused by the pandemic.
>>閣内合意して変更してもうたのだな。議会ではなく。
武漢肺炎パンデミックのせいで、借金ブレーキは緊急事態のせいなので一時止めますと合意していたら、緊急事態なので、その予算を気候危機にも回しますと言い出したわけだ。余ったんだろう。気候関連の利権だわなぁ。
The court concluded that the negative impacts of any injunction could prove to be too great if it later turned out that the transfer of funds was indeed in line with the constitution.
It said that an imposed pause on climate protection investments would cause particularly severe consequences.
>>うわぁ。ドイツ最高裁も気候危機に弱いなぁ。中国、アメリカ、インドの排出を制限してから言うべきだろうに。どんだけネガティブインパクトがあるというのかな？ ドイツの約束したことになのか？、地球温暖化になのか？？
いやはや。
かつては、共産主義の猛威が広がったが、現代では気候変動危機なのだなぁ。。。
神よりも、憲法よりも、健康と安全よりも優先する気候危機か。知らんけど。
Top German court upholds supplementary budget's climate use
2022.12.08
The court ruled that money earmarked for tackling the pandemic can be spent on tackling the climate crisis. The opposition had asked for an injunction while questioning its legality; a wider case will still be heard.
裁判所は、パンデミックへの取り組みに割り当てられた資金は、気候危機への取り組みに費やすことができるとの判決を下しました。反対派は、その合法性に疑問を呈しながら差し止め命令を求めていました。より広いケースが引き続き審理されます。
>>ドイツ最高裁まで、気候危機のためならOKにしちゃうのだね。
The German constitutional court in the western city of Karlsruhe has shot down an attempt by the conservative opposition to block the transfer of government budget earmarked for COVID-19 relief to climate protection funds.
The Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) had requested an injunction to stop €60 billion (roughly $63 billion) in government credit from the 2021 budget being redirected.
Its broader challenge to the idea will still be examined by the court, but it ruled on Thursday that the funds would not be halted in the meantime.
西部の都市カールスルーエにあるドイツの憲法裁判所は、COVID-19 救済に割り当てられた政府予算を気候保護基金に移管することを阻止しようとする保守派野党の試みを却下しました。
キリスト教民主同盟 (CDU)とそのバイエルンの姉妹政党であるキリスト教社会同盟 (CSU) は、2021 年の予算からの 600 億ユーロ (約 630 億ドル) の政府融資の方向転換を停止する差し止め命令を要求しました。
アイデアに対するより広範な異議申し立ては引き続き法廷で検討されるが、木曜日には、当面は資金を停止しないとの判決を下した。
>>ありゃぁ、当面はですか。
Why did the CDU request an injunction?
The CDU argued that the credit had been approved by the Bundestag for dealing with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and not for a climate fund.
The three parties that make up the ruling coalition voted earlier this year in favor of transferring the funds.
The party also claimed that the move circumvented Germany's "debt brake" — which limits the amount of credit the government can take out. The debt brake had been suspended to tackle the emergency situation caused by the pandemic.
It called on the constitutional court to look into the legality of the transfer of funds but also asked for an injunction to prevent any credit from being spent while the court investigated.
CDUは、クレジットは気候基金ではなく、コロナウイルスのパンデミックの影響に対処するために連邦議会によって承認されたと主張した.
与党を構成する 3 党は、今年初めに資金の移転に賛成票を投じました。
党はまた、この動きはドイツの「債務ブレーキ」を回避したと主張した. パンデミックによって引き起こされた緊急事態に対処するために、債務ブレーキは一時停止されていました。
憲法裁判所に対し、資金移動の合法性を調査するよう求めたが、裁判所が調査している間、いかなる債権も使用されないようにする差し止め命令も求めた。
Why did the court reject the injunction?
The court concluded that the negative impacts of any injunction could prove to be too great if it later turned out that the transfer of funds was indeed in line with the constitution.
It said that an imposed pause on climate protection investments would cause particularly severe consequences.
CDU Deputy Chairman Mathias Middelberg said in response that the party was still "confident about the outcome of the main case" and remains optimistic that the constitutional court will overturn the transfer of funds after fully considering the matter.
He also called on German Finance Minister Christian Lindner to respond to the questions over the government's process that arose in the court's response to the injunction request.
Lindner, however, welcomed the court's decision calling it a "good message for many, many people in our country." He said his ministry will now focus on the main case brought to court by the CDU.
ab/msh (AFP, dpa, Reuters)