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By AFP
July 24, 2024
A general view during a plenum session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag, as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gives a government statement about the upcoming European Council meeting, in Berlin, Germany, October 19, 2023. — Reuters
A general view during a plenum session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag, as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gives a government statement about the upcoming European Council meeting, in Berlin, Germany, October 19, 2023. — Reuters 

BERLIN: Germany’s centre-left government and centre-right opposition together presented a plan on Tuesday to protect the independence of the country’s constitutional court from possible future threats from authoritarian or extremist parties.

The plan comes against the backdrop of growing electoral success for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and controversial reforms by populist.