Overview

• President Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned that the coalition has damaged itself and pressed for a prompt decision to safeguard the Bundestag’s authority.
• SPD parliamentary leader Matthias Miersch insisted his party will maintain its nominees and called on the Union to honor their agreement.
• CDU/CSU remain split, with North Rhine-Westphalia’s Hendrik Wüst defending Jens Spahn amid internal accusations of leadership failure.
• CSU Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt offered to hold talks with Die Linke to break the impasse, but Left party leaders expressed skepticism.
• Greens parliamentary chief Britta Haßelmann demanded a special Bundestag session next week to complete the court appointments before recess.