In the Bundestag, speaking time is shared out by agreement before the debate. The rules of procedure then say what happens to a member who runs over. The president soll ihm nach einmaliger Mahnung das Wort entziehen, should take away the floor after one warning. The Bundestag’s own glossary says that the chair watches the speaking time streng, strictly. On 16 October 2025, the AfD leader Alice Weidel spoke after a government statement by Chancellor Friedrich Merz and went over her time. According to Focus, President Julia Klöckner told her that her time was up. Weidel answered with a simple Danke and kept talking. Klöckner warned her several times and finally threatened to switch off her microphone.