Category, News and Court Decisions

PM: Following interview statements: Minister of State for Culture Dr. Weimer refuses to issue a cease-and-desist declaration / Urgent application filed with the Berlin Administrative Court

Berlin, Bremen, Göttingen, March 24, 2026. The authorized representative of the bookstore "Zur schwankenden Weltkugel" (To the Wavering Globe), attorney Dr. Jasper Prigge, filed an urgent application yesterday evening with the Berlin Administrative Court. He seeks to prohibit the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media from publicly naming the bookstore and its operators…

Stuttgart Social Court – Decision of March 18, 2026 – Case No.: S 11 AY 706/26 ER

Legal norms: Section 3 Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act (AsylbLG), Section 3a AsylbLG, Section 86b Paragraph 2 Sentence 2 Social Court Act (SGG) – Keywords: Standard benefit level 1, Standard benefit level 2, Benefit according to Section 3 AsylbLG, Benefit according to Section 3a AsylbLG, City of Stuttgart, Stuttgart Social Court

Social Court Magdeburg – Decision of March 18, 2026 – Case No.: S 31 AY 35/26 ER

Legal norms: Section 3 Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act (AsylbLG), Section 3a AsylbLG, Section 86b Paragraph 2 Sentence 2 Social Court Act (SGG) – Keywords: Standard benefit level 1, Standard benefit level 2, Benefit according to Section 3 AsylbLG, Benefit according to Section 3a AsylbLG, Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Magdeburg Social Court

PM: Warning against BKM: Bookstore takes legal action against interview statements by the Minister of State for Culture and a Freedom of Information Act request has been filed regarding internal official procedures

Berlin, Bremen, Göttingen, March 19, 2026. The statement by Minister of State for Culture Weimer in Die Zeit on March 18, 2026, that the three bookstores excluded from the German Bookstore Prize were "political extremists," has now had legal consequences. The bookstore "Zur Schwankenden Weltkugel" from Berlin…