First of all this law has to pass the "Bundesrat", the representation of the 16 "Bundesländer" (states of Germany).
If this council passes the law one still has the opportunity to "go to Karlsruhe", which means appeal to the Federal Constitutional Court that is located in Karlsruhe.
In the german online community this has been the hot topic of the last weeks and the german pirate party (http://piratenpartei.de/) has mainly focused on this issue .
Yes, there are some checks in Germany.
First of all this law has to pass the "Bundesrat", the representation of the 16 "Bundesländer" (states of Germany).
If this council passes the law one still has the opportunity to "go to Karlsruhe", which means appeal to the Federal Constitutional Court that is located in Karlsruhe.
In the german online community this has been the hot topic of the last weeks and the german pirate party (http://piratenpartei.de/) has mainly focused on this issue .