US EditionBundesverfassungsgericht Rejects Complaint Against Broadcasting Fee
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13 Articles
A plaintiff who has been opposed to the figures of the broadcasting contribution for more than ten years failed at last in Karlsruhe. He had argued that the quality and balance of the programme were not guaranteed.
Every budget has to pay the contribution, even if the ORF is not used: that may be the case, the Constitutional Court stated.
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the ORF contribution is constitutional, because the possibility of using it alone is sufficient – even without television or radio
Reading time 2 minutes – Can I unsubscribe from the CEC? – These and similar questions about the broadcasting contribution reach our editorial staff time and time again. In fact, recipients of social assistance and civic money as well as low earners can be exempted from the broadcasting contribution. Certain conditions must be met. In the public discussion, the abolition of the broadcasting contribution is repeatedly demanded. This is actually p…
A constitutional complaint against the broadcasting contribution failed in Karlsruhe. A man had resisted the MDR's imposition because of a lack of program diversity.
Rejected: A man who opposes the payment of radio broadcasts fails with a constitutional complaint before the Federal Constitutional Court – for formal reasons, as it is said. Newly introduced aspects had first to clarify in advance administrative courts. The plaintiff refused to make contributions for 2014 and 2015 because the MDR supervisory bodies in his view were not transparent and not sufficiently far from the state. starn.de
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