Overview
- The BSW leadership suspended the speaking rights of four MPs who quit the party but remain in the caucus for this week’s three-day plenary.
- Deputy caucus leader Christian Dorst urged Finance Minister Robert Crumbach to leave the faction and give up his mandate; Crumbach rejected the call.
- Fraktionschef Niels-Olaf Lüders said any split of office and mandate is a matter for the party, while Crumbach proposed mediation and the state BSW leadership affirmed the coalition.
- The four ex-BSW lawmakers plan to exit the chamber for the media-treaty vote, likely denying the SPD–BSW bloc its own majority, as the CDU signals support for passage.
- Minister-President Dietmar Woidke voiced confidence the coalition can continue, and founder Sahra Wagenknecht backed further talks and cautioned against exclusions.