Parliamentary scrutiny reservation

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The parliamentary reservation requires that all decisions that are of substantial weight for the community require direct parliamentary approval and may not be entrusted to the decision-making power of other organs of state authority.

Examples of parliamentary scrutiny include:

  • Restriction of basic rights : basic rights standardized by the constitution can only be limited by parliamentary standardized barriers ( legal reservation ).
  • Budgeting right : Parliament determines the budget for all branches of government
  • Principle of the parliamentary army: only parliament may decide whether to use armed forces or to declare war
  • Personnel decisions : the central organs of state power (Federal Chancellor, President, Judge) are to be elected by the Parliament itself (or expanded as the Federal Assembly); other personnel decisions require a complete chain of democratic legitimation that ends with parliament.

See also: Reservation of the law