Unification costs: good chances for lawsuit by nrw municipalities

The state constitutional court in munster on tuesday criticized the calculation bases according to which the costs are distributed between the state of nrw and the municipalities. They are not legally comprehensible, said the president of the constitutional court, michael bertrams.
91 cities and municipalities went to court against the country. But this is not about the solidarity pact as such. At the heart of the matter is the question of who has to pay how much in NRW. The lawsuit is directed against a law passed by the dusseldorf state parliament in 2010 during the time of the black-yellow government. The court will hand down its verdict on 8. May fall – five days before the NRW state elections.