were created within the organisational structure of the Federal Chancellery or
the BND, or were seized by authorities, during the period of inquiry of the 1st
Committee of Inquiry, insofar as the respondents had claimed in this respect
that any part concealed or removed from these files, documents, electronic
files, other data, or other objects of evidence had contained original source
material shared by foreign intelligence services or other foreign agencies, or
information concerning foreign intelligence services or other agencies,
Applicant: 1.the parliamentary group DIE LINKE of the Bundestag,
represented by chairpersons Dr. Sahra Wagenknecht, Member of the
Bundestag, and Dr. Dietmar Bartsch, Member of the Bundestag,
Platz der Republik 1, 11011 Berlin,
2.the parliamentary group BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN of the Bundestag,
represented by chairpersons Katrin Göring-Eckardt, Member of the
Bundestag, and Dr. Anton Hofreiter, Member of the Bundestag,
Platz der Republik 1, 11011 Berlin,
3.the qualified minority of the 1st Commission of Inquiry of the 18th legislative period of the German Bundestag consisting of Martina Renner,
Member of the Bundestag, and Dr. Konstantin von Notz, Member of the
Bundestag,
Platz der Republik 1, 11011 Berlin
– authorised representatives:
Rechtsanwälte WEISSLEDER - EWER,
Walkerdamm 4-6, 24103 Kiel –
Respondent: 1.the Federal Government,
represented by Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel,
Bundeskanzleramt, Willy-Brandt-Straße 1, 10557 Berlin,
2.the Head of the Federal Chancellery,
Federal Minister Peter Altmaier, Member of the Bundestag,
Bundeskanzleramt, Willy-Brandt-Straße 1, 10557 Berlin
– authorised representative:
Prof. Dr. Joachim Wieland, LL.M.,
Gregor-Mendel-Straße 13, 53115 Bonn -
the Federal Constitutional Court – Second Senate –
with the participation of Justices
President Voßkuhle,
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