"The German parliament failed to complete one of its more important constitutional tasks before it went into summer recess in July. A planned vote to fill three vacancies at the Constitutional Court was removed from the agenda at short notice after it became apparent that one of the candidates, jurist and professor Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf, would not receive enough votes because of a lack of support from conservatives in the ruling bloc."
"But then it emerged at the last minute that more than twenty CDU lawmakers would not support her especially because of her liberal stance on abortion. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the second biggest faction in the parliament, had already made clear they were vehemently opposed to her nomination unsurprisingly, as she had also suggested she would be in favor of banning the party if the necessary legal requirements were fulfilled."
The Bundestag failed to appoint judges to three Constitutional Court vacancies before the summer recess, postponing a key constitutional duty. A planned vote was removed when nominee Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf lacked sufficient backing after more than twenty CDU lawmakers refused to support her, citing her liberal stance on abortion. The governing CDU/CSU and SPD coalition does not hold the two-thirds majority required for such appointments, making opposition support necessary. The AfD strongly opposed her nomination and she had suggested she might favor banning the party if legal criteria were met. Plagiarism allegations briefly surfaced and were later dismissed, prompting crisis talks and the postponement of all three elections.
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