Germany’s main political parties have agreed to reform the country’s Federal Constitutional Court in a bid to ensure the court’s independence and ability to function even in turbulent times. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition of Social Democrats (SPD), Greens and liberal Free Democrats (FDP) and the conservative opposition CDU/CSU agreed to set down the number of judges and chambers as well as other key requirements for the structure of the Constitutional Court in Germany’s constitution, also known as the Basic Law. Up until now, changes that risk political instrumentalization woul…