The Federal Council has passed a draft law, which will impose special penalties on “denial of Israel’s right to exist” in the future. Corresponding statements could be viewed as sedition and punished with up to five years in prison. The draft was approved by the Hessian state government (CDU/SPD) presented.
The Scientific Service of the Bundestag considers the draft law to be in favor unconstitutional. A special right against a specific opinion violates freedom of expression. Only states voted against the draft, in which the left is involved in government. The law is scheduled to be voted on in the Bundestag after the summer break.
The Hessian CDU is considered the right-wing conservative wing of the party. In recent years, she has made various moves to expand the powers of law enforcement agencies. Under the CDU leadership in Hesse, the new restrictive ones were introducedAssembly law as well as the police use of Palantir decided.