In future European elections in Germany, a threshold of at least two and at most five percent will apply. This is the result of a decision by the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe. On Thursday, the Second Senate rejected complaints against the introduction of the blocking clause as inadmissible. The small party „Die Partei“, or rather its chairman, had filed the suit. Up to now, there has been no threshold clause for European elections in Germany. This will remain the case in the upcoming elections, but not in the future.