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Bundestag Adopts Tougher Conduct Rules as Klöckner Defends Reform

The overhaul replaces 1980-era procedures to curb disruptions with sharper penalties.

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Bundestagspräsidentin Klöckner hat die härteren Regeln gegen Pöbeleien und andere Störungen im Parlament verteidigt. "Wir schränken mit der neuen Geschäftsordnung nicht die Redefreiheit ein, aber die Pöbelfreiheit", sagte Klöckner dem Deutschlandfunk.

Overview

  • The chamber approved the new Geschäftsordnung on Thursday night, billed by Julia Klöckner as the biggest update in 45 years, and it newly permits questions during Aktuelle Stunden to enliven debate.
  • Fines for disorderly conduct rise to 2,000 euros after three warnings within three sitting weeks, increasing to 4,000 euros for repeat cases.
  • Members who receive three on-the-spot Ordnungsrufe in a sitting can be excluded for the rest of that session, with similar provisions set to apply to committee meetings.
  • Penalties for missing roll-call votes increase to 300 euros if unexcused and 200 euros if excused, replacing lower deductions in the previous rules.
  • The package passed with CDU/CSU and SPD votes, Greens and Left abstained, the AfD opposed, and Klöckner said the goal is to curb “Pöbelfreiheit,” not free speech, after repeated disruptions often linked to AfD deputies.