The first plans for emergency legislation were put forward by the Ministry of the Interior in 1958; more followed in 1960 and 1963. These drafts included an extension of the power of the executive branch. However, they did not gain the majority of votes required for them to be accepted. Later, the Grand Coalition had the necessary two-thirds majority and considered the emergency laws absolutely necessary. The major aim was to prevent any misuse of the laws as had occurred during the Weimar Republic.