There's nothing in the Basic Law (the German Constitution) that says a limit of years to be Chancellor. If you were favorable and the public voted 'correctly'.....then you could go three terms (four years each).....four terms....five terms....even six or seven terms. We are presently wrapping up year 13 of the Merkel period as Chancellor.
N-TV in Germany this morning brought up this chatter from the CSU Party in Bavaria. They want a rule written up that you can only be Chancellor for a max of 12 years.
In the party congress meeting (held in Munich).....the measure barely passed.
So the next step is to bring this up within the Bundestag. There are two issues then. The first.....will there be a majority of members to favor this (say.....from the Greens, the SPD, or even the CDU itself)? No one is suggesting how this measure might be taken. It would have to pass not only the Bundestag, but also the Bundesrat.
The second issue.....even if you got enough to agree to the idea....you have to write this text into the Constitution, and hope that the court doesn't throw it out.
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