Overview

• The Bundestag’s 12‑member selection committee meets Monday night to consider SPD replacement Sigrid Emmenegger, who is expected to secure the required eight votes to be put forward.
• A secret plenary vote is scheduled for Thursday to elect three judges in Karlsruhe, requiring two‑thirds majorities of votes cast and at least a majority of all members.
• Union leader Jens Spahn expressed confidence the vote will succeed and praised Emmenegger as a very good, technically strong candidate after meeting her.
• The AfD urged the Union to reject SPD nominee Ann‑Katrin Kaufhold, said it has no issue with CDU/CSU candidate Günter Spinner, and did not publicly criticize Emmenegger.
• Support from Greens and Die Linke remains pivotal, and if the supermajority is not reached on Thursday the appointment power can shift to the Bundesrat.