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The President of the Federal Constitutional Court, Stephan Harbarth, has emphasized the role of parliaments in the decisions to combat the corona pandemic.
"The more important the legal interests concerned, the more the legislator is called to make a decision," said Harbarth of the Düsseldorf "Rheinische Post" (Wednesday).
"The main decisions have to be made by Parliament."
In the early stages, crises are the hour of the executive - that is, of the federal and state governments, said Harbarth.
But from a certain point in time "the legislature has to give the executive more precise instructions".
According to Harbath, the Federal Constitutional Court has now recorded more than 880 proceedings related to the corona pandemic, and more are to be expected - for example on the question of the vaccination sequence.
Many of the judgments passed so far are merely urgent decisions on a provisional basis.
"The judiciary in Germany also works in the pandemic," emphasized the highest constitutional judge.
The courts were confronted with an additional flood of proceedings and performed their tasks very well under difficult conditions.
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