Lars Klingbeil demands new judge’s election from Brosius-Gersdorf

Lars Klingbeil (SPD) adheres to the Federal Constitutional Court at Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf’s candidacy and demands a repetition of the judge’s election in the Bundestag. After the Union against Brosius-Gersdorf has been resolved due to alleged accusations of plagiarism, “we can put the election back on the agenda of the Bundestag,” said the Vice Chancellor of “Bild am Sonntag”. For him, it is “a fundamental question of whether you give the printing of right -wing networks that have defamed a highly qualified woman.”

Despite the coalition -internal dispute over the election of judges, Klingbeil praises his good employment relationship with Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU). “I have a very close and trusting coordination with the Chancellor. We are constantly talking,” he said. In view of the upcoming problems that the black-red coalition has to solve, Klingbeil warned discipline from the MPs: “There will be all the legislature about difficult votes. The government fractions must be.”

The 54-year-old Brosius-Gersdorf has been the focus of an unprecedented discussion about the occupation of judge posts at Germany’s highest court since last week. The Union had nominated the SPD candidate in the judge’s election committee, the Union faction management had spoken out for her choice. The elections of Brosius-Gersdorf and two other new judges for Karlsruhe were then discontinued at short notice from the agenda of the Bundestag because the pressure against the Potsdam constitutional lawyer in the Union had become too great and the fraction management could no longer guarantee the coalition partner. The dispute is a severe burden on the black and red government coalition that has only been in office since May.