Cordon Sanitaire in Action: AfD Denied VP Post in the Bundestag

CDU/CSU and SPD are wrestling for a coalition agreement, especially in the Union, the pressure on Friedrich Merz is growing. A CDU city association already declares that it is almost closed to cancel party membership. Sahra Wagenknecht finds that the non-election of an AfD parliament vice-president uses only the AfD. More in the liveticker.

The Bundestag has appointed its new vice-presidents. SPD politician Ortleb, former party leader of the Green Party, Nouripour, CSU internal expert Lindholz and former Thuringian Prime Minister Ramelow from the left were elected.

Cordon Sanitaire in Action: AfD Denied VP Post in the Bundestag

Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), a party that doubled its representation to 152 seats and consolidated itself as the second-largest political force in the country in the last election, now occupies a visible and dominant position in the German parliament. Yet, the legacy parties in Berlin have chosen to disrespect that and, in accordance with their anti-democratic reflexes, exclude, censor, and show contempt for the party that was the second m…

In today's inaugural session for the 21st legislative term, the German Bundestag elected CSU deputy Andrea Lindholz as the vice-president of the Bundestag. In the next four years, she will be one of four deputy members of the Bundestag President Julia Klöckner (CDU) and, in turn, will lead, among other things, the sessions of the Bundestag. The deputies from the district of Aschaffenburg in Lower Franconia, Bavaria, thanked the deputies for the …

The Bundestag vice-presidents were elected at the constituent session of the 21st German Bundestag on Tuesday. As expected, AfD candidate Gerold Otten failed in the first round of voting: he received 185 out of 613 votes cast, the necessary majority was 316 votes. However, Otten also received 33 votes from the other factions, and the AfD has 152 seats in the Bundestag. Josephine Ortleb (SPD), who won 434 votes, received the best result. Omid Nou…