(de-news.net) – A significant institutional milestone has been reached with the Bundestag’s formal endorsement of three new appointments to the Federal Constitutional Court. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) nominated jurists Ann-Katrin Kaufhold and Sigrid Emmenegger, while the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) put forward Günter Spinner. All three candidates secured the constitutionally required two-thirds majority for confirmation.

To achieve this threshold, the governing coalition of CDU/CSU and SPD required and received support from opposition parties. The vote, initially scheduled for July, was abruptly withdrawn from the parliamentary agenda following the CDU/CSU’s unexpected retraction of support for SPD nominee Brosius-Gersdorf. Her formal withdrawal in August prompted the SPD to nominate Emmenegger as her replacement.

The sequence of events surrounding the nominations and the delayed vote led to considerable internal friction within the coalition. The last-minute changes and reconfiguration of candidates revealed underlying challenges in the coordination and negotiation processes between the governing parties.