Resumen de Judicial review applications against ZDF Inter-State Agreement largely successful
In a ruling of 25 March 2014, the Bundesverfassungsgericht (Federal Constitutional Court - BVerfG) decided that the provisions of the Staatsvertrag über das Zweite Deutsche Fernsehen (Inter-State Agreement on Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen - ZDF-StV) on the composition of the supervisory bodies breached Article 5(1)(2)(2) of the Grundgesetz (Basic Law - GG) in several respects and were therefore unconstitutional. The ruling explained that the basic right of broadcasting freedom (Article 5(1)(2)(2) GG) required that a system should be established that ensured that the diversity of opinions was presented in broadcasting as broadly and comprehensively as possible
