Overview

• SPD leadership has intensified calls for the CDU to join them in categorically opposing AfD candidates for Bundestag committee chairs.
• Jens Spahn's proposal to treat the AfD like other opposition parties has drawn criticism from SPD leaders and some CDU members alike.
• SPD figures, including Lars Klingbeil and Ralf Stegner, warn that normalizing the AfD could jeopardize the coalition's stability.
• The SPD's digital membership vote on the coalition agreement concludes on April 29, with results expected the following day.
• AfD MPs have been systematically blocked from committee chair and vice-presidential roles since their Bundestag entry in 2017.