Overview
- The Brandenburg Landtag committees began debating the 2025–26 budget, which includes €1.6 million in proposed cuts to the Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg (MHB).
- Around 100 MHB students protested in Potsdam, warning that reduced funding could worsen the state's severe doctor shortage.
- SPD parliamentary leader Björn Lüttmann expressed optimism that a resolution could be reached next week to potentially reverse the proposed cuts.
- Landtag president Ulrike Liedtke and other coalition leaders emphasized their commitment to ensuring the MHB's development is not hindered.
- Science State Secretary Tobias Dünow defended the funding change as ending temporary financing, maintaining that the MHB will still receive €5 million annually.