The rules of the Bundestag allow a speech to be interrupted with a question. With the speaker’s consent, the president may give the floor for Zwischenfragen, interim questions, which must be short and precise. A member may also make a short intervention of no more than two minutes, and the speaker may answer once more. On 6 June 2018, the chancellor faced members’ questions directly in the Bundestag for the first time. The coalition agreement had obliged Angela Merkel to do so three times a year. Each question had one minute, and each answer had one minute.