Overview

• The CDU faction submitted a full slate of nominees for the panels that elect judges and public prosecutors, aiming to break a months-long stalemate.
• Under the proposal, committees would include three CDU members, two from the BSW party and one each from AfD, SPD and Linke.
• The AfD has withheld backing since its candidates for deputy parliament president were rejected and is now demanding the top presidency post.
• Holding 32 of 88 seats, the far-right bloc wields a blocking minority under the two-thirds rule needed to confirm committee appointments.
• CDU parliamentary manager Ulrike Jary called on the AfD to end its tactical obstruction to restore the state judiciary’s functionality.