Overview

• President Frank-Walter Steinmeier appointed and swore in Ann-Kathrin Kaufhold, Sigrid Emmenegger and Günter Spinner at Schloss Bellevue.
• The Bundestag elected the trio in September, ending a lengthy impasse over filling seats on the Federal Constitutional Court.
• The initial July vote collapsed after the Union withheld support for SPD nominee Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf, who later withdrew, clearing the way for Emmenegger.
• Kaufhold was also installed as vice president of the Karlsruhe court.
• Steinmeier urged respectful treatment of nominees and honored departing judges Doris König, Josef Christ and Ulrich Maidowski with the Grand Cross.