Legislative Bill · Rheinland
Passed

Public Broadcasting And Education Reform of 2020

Proposed by Liberal Union
Passing
in all 2 chambers
Opened
10 Apr 2020
Voting closes
9 Jun 2020
Chambers
2 legislatures
Articles
2 changes

Rationale

These reforms reduce costs while prioritizing essential services, ensuring better use of limited public funds for critical news/education and supporting early workforce contribution.

Proposed Changes

1

Public Broadcasting Funding
Previous law
Major public broadcaster (multi-channel; ad-free; funded by general taxation)
Limited public broadcaster (news/education remit; funded by small household levy)

2

School Leaving Age
Previous law
Compulsory education/training to 18
Compulsory to 16

Timeline

  • Draft
    10 April 2020


  • Vote Open
    10 April 2020


  • Vote Closed
    9 June 2020


  • Became Law
    9 June 2020

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Bundesrat

Passed
40Yes 9No 20Not voted 69 seats

For: 40 / 69 seats (58.0%)

Against: 9 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 20

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 81.6%)
Party Seats Vote
Civic Platform 12 Yes
Labour Movement 9 No
Liberal Union Proposer 15 Yes
National League For Freedom And Democracy 13 Yes

Bundestag

Passed
381Yes 99No 170Not voted 650 seats

For: 381 / 650 seats (58.6%)

Against: 99 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 170

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 79.4%)
Party Seats Vote
Civic Platform 132 Yes
Labour Movement 99 No
Liberal Union Proposer 159 Yes
National League For Freedom And Democracy 90 Yes

Voting record

Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.

Civic Platform
Voted April 19, 2020
Yes

“We think these are decent, proper changes, LU are the Goats”

Labour Movement
Voted April 17, 2020
No

“We should not be gutting the public broadcaster”

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