Overview
- Parliamentary managers from SPD and CDU/CSU declined to convene a summer special session, postponing any renewed vote until after the summer recess.
- A significant bloc of Union MPs continues to withhold backing for the SPD’s nominee, blocking the two-thirds majority required for her confirmation.
- SPD leaders, including Sonja Eichwede and Matthias Miersch, have reaffirmed unanimous support for Brosius-Gersdorf and rejected calls for a replacement.
- Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf has signaled she may withdraw if ongoing controversy threatens the Federal Constitutional Court’s integrity or provokes a government crisis.
- Civil society mobilization, led by Omas gegen Rechts, has generated over 37,000 petition signatures demanding her election and condemning right-wing defamation.