Overview

• SPD parliamentary leader Matthias Miersch said a replacement for Frauke Brosius‑Gersdorf has been chosen but the name will not be disclosed yet.
• The SPD plans to discuss its pick with the CDU/CSU, the Greens and Die Linke to assemble the two‑thirds vote needed in the Bundestag.
• An unnamed SPD party-board member warned in comments reported by Bild that the government could be at risk if the Union blocks the vote again.
• Union figures rejected the accusation of obstruction, said they have not received a new proposal, and argued a vote will be scheduled only after cross-party agreement on candidates.
• Miersch expects the Karlsruhe judges to be elected in September, following Brosius‑Gersdorf’s withdrawal after the aborted July vote.