https://verfassungsblog.de/confidence-and-trust/ https://verfassungsblog.de/confidence-and-trust/ has an excellent take on this. Some key sentences: "The reason

https://verfassungsblog.de/confidence-and-trust/ https://verfassungsblog.de/confidence-and-trust/ has an excellent take on this. Some key sentences: "The reasons are obvious: with the right to issue directives, politicians could theoretically influence who is investigated and who is indicted — and, even more relevant, who is not. … The counter-argument has also been known for a long time: The right to give instructions exists so that someone will bear the political responsibility…"