Additive Grundrechtseingriffe

More and more individuals are exposed to various measures imposed on them by public authorities. Nearly all areas of life are affected, for example environment law, tax law or social law. Basic constitutional law clearly states that the accumulation of infringements should be taken seriously. But what does that mean exactly? This analysis first addresses the conditions which allow such measures to be ‘accumulated’. Secondly, it shows how such ‘additive’ interferences with fundamental rights can be worked with. It thus recommends modifying a conventional examination of this issue, which only considers each infringement separately. The logical consequence of this is that the concept of legal protection must become more open in order to measure the impact of multiple infringements.