Saskia Ludwig

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Saskia Ludwig
MdL
Portrait saskia ludwig.jpg
Ludwig in 2011
Member of the Bundestag
for Brandenburg
In office
3 December 2019 – 26 October 2021

Saskia Ludwig (born 23 May 1968) is a German politician.

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Born in Potsdam, in the Bezirk Potsdam of East Germany, she represents the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Brandenburg since 2019. [1] Ludwig was a member of the Committee on European Union Affairs. [2] She is a member of the conservative Berliner Kreis [3] within the Christian Democratic Union.

Controversies

In 2025, Saskia Ludwig campaigned against the election of Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf as a constitutional judge. Following highly questionable allegations of plagiarism against Brosius-Gersdorf, she demanded that Brosius-Gersdorf temporarily suspend her teaching position at the University of Potsdam. [4] Shortly thereafter it turned out that Ludwig's own work was being investigated by Potsdam University. [5]

In an open letter, over 280 respected lawyers and academics protested against the way the Brosius-Gersdorf affaire was being handled: "Statements by individual members of the Bundestag that their university should take action against Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf based on these positions represent an attack on academic freedom itself." [4]

After the scheduled election of Brosius-Gersdorf in conjunction with two more nominees [6] had been postponed, [7] Saskia Ludwig warned the coalition government led by her party against re-nominating lawyer Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf: “She was and is not eligible for election at any time.” [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Dr. Saskia Ludwig". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "German Bundestag - Committee on European Union Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "Über uns – Berliner Kreis" (in German). Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  4. 1 2 ""Durch Unkenntnis geprägt": Jura-Professoren kritisieren Umgang mit Brosius-Gersdorf". Aktuell (in German). Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Kandidatin zieht zurück: Union und SPD taumeln durch Richterwahl". news.ORF.at (in Austrian German). 7 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025. Kurz darauf wurde aber bekannt, dass die Universität Potsdam einen Anfangsverdacht für ein Plagiat bei ihrer eigenen Promotion untersucht.
  6. ↑ Henkel, Sabine (7 August 2025). "Bundesverfassungsgericht: Brosius-Gersdorf zieht Kandidatur zurück". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  7. ↑ Amos, Maximilian (11 July 2025). "Richterwahl abgesagt: Droht eine "Supreme-Court-isierung" des BVerfG?". Aktuell (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "CDU-Politikerin kritisiert mögliche Wiederwahl von Verfassungsrichterin". www.dts-nachrichtenagentur.de (in German). 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
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