The SPD parliamentary group responded that the formal objections voiced against these amendments were baseless, “and that the process should not be dragged out any further, including out of respect for a potential review of the reform by the Federal Constitutional Court before the next Bundestag elections.”6 The Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group supported the amendments by noting that various electoral reform models had been discussed  at length at many meetings of the Electoral Law Commission and that the criticism put forth testified to “an unwillingness to reduce the size of Parliament, and [was] merely intended to drag the process out”.7 The delegation learnt during the visit that these amendments will be appealed with the Federal Constitutional Court once they are signed and promulgated.