Overview

• The SPD’s nominee Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf failed to secure the necessary two-thirds majority in the Bundestag, keeping her appointment to the Bundesverfassungsgericht in limbo.
• Union lawmakers cited doubts about her neutrality and pointed to her lack of prior judicial experience as key objections.
• Historian Volker Weiß argues that the AfD’s campaign against her candidacy is a calculated effort to fracture the governing coalition.
• Die Linke’s push for nomination rights underscores the potential for further institutional wrangling if the stalemate persists.
• Under the December constitutional reforms, the Bundesrat stands ready to intervene through fallback provisions if no agreement emerges.