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Left Files Emergency Organklage to Halt Bundestag Vote on Heating Law

The party says missing climate impact data plus withheld parliamentary information justify a court order to block the second and third readings before the summer recess.

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Ein junger Mann und eine junge Frau stehen an roten Rednerpulten, die Frau spricht ins Mikrofon, der Mann schaut sie an und hinter ihnen prangen die Logos „Linke im Bundestag“ an einer roten Wand
Die Fraktion der Linken im Bundestag prüft eine Klage gegen das neue Heizungsgesetz, über das am Donnerstag im Bundestag in erster Lesung beraten wird. Der Gesetzesentwurf der Regierung stellte einen "klimapolitischen Rückschritt" dar.

Overview

  • The Left's Bundestag group, which filed an emergency organklage on Friday, seeks to stop planned second and third readings of the Gebäudemodernisierungsgesetz set for July 6–10.
  • The bill would allow continued installation and use of oil and gas heaters and would require new systems from 2029 to use rising shares of biogas or bio‑oil while obliging fuel sellers to blend biogenic fuels.
  • The Left argues the government removed a prior 65 percent renewables requirement without any assessment of the extra CO2 emissions and that key data on availability of so‑called green gases were not provided to parliament.
  • Lawyer Johannes Franke says the draft creates an unspecified 'CO2 credit' that burdens future legislators and that withholding information violates deputies' rights; environmental groups warn they will sue if the law passes.
  • The move recalls a 2023 Karlsruhe intervention that paused a heating law and could prompt the court to suspend this fast‑track procedure, forcing the government to publish a full impact study and reshuffle the timetable.