The limited application of the Ceta free trade agreement between the European Union and Canada, which has been in force since 2017, is compatible with the Basic Law.
The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe has rejected constitutional complaints by the left as unfounded.
The court announced on Tuesday that further applications by the party had been declared inadmissible (Az: 2 BvR 1368/16 and others).
The decision concerns the previous provisional application of the trade agreement.
However, the Second Senate raises doubts as to whether the transfer of sovereign rights – for example in the judiciary – provided for in the final treaty would be covered by the German Basic Law.
However, given the currently only limited application, the risk is excluded that the EU exceeds its competences and transfers sovereignty that only the member states are entitled to.
The principle of democracy is also not affected by the provisional application of the Ceta Agreement.
As early as 2016, there had been urgent appeals against the trade agreement with Canada at the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe.
At that time, the Second Senate approved a limited application of Ceta.
In several other constitutional complaints and an organ lawsuit, the left had also attacked the limited application.
The applications have now been unsuccessful.