In a district council meeting, the minority attempts to bring down the majority coalition. A district council session can only be called by a player who does not belong to the majority coalition. Then the negotiation strength of the opposition is determined and the pretzel marker placed on the corresponding space on the bidding track. All other players of the opposition that want to attend the district council session now push forward a council member card. Next all players, including the majority coalition, take their remaining cards in hand.
All players now reveal their district council member cards.
The numbers on the fronts depict the individual council member strengths. Opposition and coalition determine their overall totals and add these to the present positions of their markers on the bidding strip, moving the Pretzel and Tankard markers accordingly. If the opposition has the biggest value, the opposition wins. All used cards are now placed on the discard pile. Reiner and Wolfgang only command a negotiation strength of 17.