Alimine dismissal of European Parliament election review without further reasoning under § 26(3) EuWG

The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany (Second Senate) dismissed the election review complaint at the outset, ruling in favor of the validity of the contested European Parliament election results. The dispute concerned a challenge to the outcome of a European Parliament election, where the applicant alleged irregularities sufficient to warrant a review of the electoral process. Applying § 26(3) sentence 3 of the European Parliament Elections Act (EuWG) in conjunction with § 24 sentence 2 of the Federal Constitutional Court Act (BVerfGG), the Court declined to provide a further substantive justification, referring instead to the reasons previously set out in a rapporteur’s letter dated April 12, 2016, which established that the complaint was devoid of success.