The question of the permissibility of a settlement in constitutional court proceedings raises fundamental issues of constitutional processes, namely the availability of constitutional law and the role and position of a constitutional court. Is a constitutional court fundamentally obligated to make decisions, or are there questions of lesser constitutional significance that open up possibilities for agreement? After outlining the legal foundations of a settlement, an attempt is made to develop criteria for the general significance of a constitutional dispute. Additionally, essential constitutional areas and the participation ratios of the various types of constitutional court proceedings are examined for their suitability for settlement.