Overview

• Union MPs maintain their refusal to support Brosius-Gersdorf despite a legal review clearing her of plagiarism and her public rejection of “ultralinks” labels.
• Brosius-Gersdorf has signaled she would withdraw if further debate threatens the court’s function or sparks a government crisis.
• SPD leaders insist on upholding her nomination and criticize the Union for breaking an earlier agreement reached in early July.
• Greens have demanded a Bundestag special session to avoid months-long vacancies, but Union and SPD parliamentary managers argue there is no urgency for an early vote.
• Germany’s Bundesrat fallback mechanism for judicial appointments remains available but unused, putting pressure on the coalition to reconcile differences after the summer.