Scholz supports increased protection for the Federal Constitutional Court. The traffic light coalition is considering enshrining details of the election and term of office of constitutional judges in the Basic Law.
These could then no longer be changed with a simple majority, but only with a two-thirds majority. This could, for example, prevent judges from being relatively easily removed from office or the role of the Constitutional Court from being changed in the event of a change of government. It is also being discussed whether a third senate with new judges could then be set up.