Overview
- Four BSW deputies resigned from the party citing “authoritarian tendencies” and “radicalised positions,” but said they will remain in the BSW parliamentary group and back the coalition.
- In the Hauptausschuss, the media‑state treaties won a 5–4 recommendation after BSW Finance Minister Robert Crumbach voted with the SPD and CDU, while BSW faction leader Niels‑Olaf Lüders voted no.
- The Landtag is scheduled to vote on 19–20 November, and the SPD is preparing to pass the treaties with CDU support if most BSW members oppose them.
- Minister‑President Dietmar Woidke declared that “the coalition stands” and pressed the BSW to resolve its internal dispute, as shifting majorities or alternative arrangements remain a possibility.
- The stakes are national because only Brandenburg and Lower Saxony still need to ratify the public broadcasting and youth‑media reforms, and the four ex‑BSW MPs have also filed a no‑confidence move against their faction leadership.