the rule of law, a quick scan

The committee found proposals in seven of the fourteen party programs examined that do not pass the test against the minimum standards of the rule of law. This often concerns proposals in the field of immigration and asylum. Those proposals got the disqualification red, usually because they openly discriminate against certain groups of citizens or deny or obstruct their access to justice.
Nevertheless, the picture that the committee has received of the plans of most of the parties investigated is ultimately positive. It is clear that all parties are struggling to answer the question of how our democracy should become political (her)designed to meet the demands of these turbulent times, how citizens can be better involved in far-reaching decisions that have to be taken by politicians, how institutions such as the judiciary can be strengthened, precisely to protect the fundamental rights of citizens.
This is the constitutional task that will bind the parties for the next four years.