{"id":262828,"date":"2025-07-17T21:05:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T20:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-a-routine-vote-blew-up-german-politics-berlin-briefing\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T21:05:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T20:05:30","slug":"how-a-routine-vote-blew-up-german-politics-berlin-briefing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-a-routine-vote-blew-up-german-politics-berlin-briefing\/","title":{"rendered":"How a routine vote blew up German politics | Berlin Briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/z1U1D--DoTA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How a routine vote blew up German politics | Berlin Briefing\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z1U1D--DoTA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s new government is grappling with its first crisis, with infighting over the nomination of a new judge to the country\u2019s highest court. The candidate at the center of the storm, Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf, says she has been the subject of death threats over views on abortion that have drawn the ire of the Catholic Church. The story raises questions over Germany\u2019s longstanding legal grayzone on abortion, and is stoking culture war themes such as pandemic vaccinations and whether the far-right AfD should face a ban. In this edition of Berlin Briefing, DW\u2019s Richard Walker, Nina Haase and Michaela K\u00fcfner are joined by law professor Markus Kotzur to dig into the legal and constitutional issues, and break down the political implications for a government that had promised to stop the very infighting that brought down its predecessor.  <\/p>\n<p>CHAPTERS:<br \/>\n00:00 Intro<br \/>\n01:16 Drama in parliament<br \/>\n02:15 The Constitutional Court<br \/>\n04:13 How judges are selected<br \/>\n08:21 Who is Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf?<br \/>\n09:54 Death threats<br \/>\n10:52 The Catholic Church<br \/>\n13:33 Abortion<br \/>\n18:50 AfD ban<br \/>\n22:35 Who is Jens Spahn?<br \/>\n24:17 The aborted vote<br \/>\n27:02 Angry Social Democrats<br \/>\n30:00 Merz weakened?<br \/>\n33:06 Law professors are concerned<br \/>\n37:18 The AfD and the Court<br \/>\n43:13 Will she withdraw?<br \/>\n49:21 End <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<br \/>\n#germany #government #culture<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany\u2019s new government is grappling with its first crisis, with infighting over the nomination of a new judge to the country\u2019s highest court. The candidate at the center of the storm, Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf, says she has been the subject of death threats over views on abortion that have drawn the ire of the Catholic Church. 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