German lawmakers on Thursday expressed support for a proposal to strengthen protections for the country’s Constitutional Court, with only the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) voicing its opposition. The scheme – jointly presented by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s centre-left coalition government and the opposition Christian Democrats (CDU) – aims to enshrine safeguards for the court in Germany’s constitution, the Basic Law. The debate in the country’s lower house, the Bundestag, saw parties from across the political spectrum praise the measure, with the exception of the AfD. The populist part…