Overview

• SPD parliamentary leader Matthias Miersch said the party has selected a replacement for Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf but will not disclose the name yet.
• Miersch said consultations will include the CDU/CSU as well as the Greens and the Left because a supermajority is needed in the Bundestag.
• He added that he expects the Karlsruhe judges could be elected in September, contingent on cross-party agreement.
• An unnamed SPD executive told Bild that another failed vote blamed on the Union could put the governing coalition at risk.
• Following tensions over the withdrawn Brosius-Gersdorf bid, Union and SPD lawmakers plan a joint evening as a trust-building step, and Miersch said his working relationship with Jens Spahn has improved.