Overview
- BSW state manager Stefan Roth said the party will not sign the SPD’s requested pledge and dismissed using it as a precondition for a coalition committee, citing the coalition agreement.
- SPD general secretary Kurt Fischer kept the demand in place but said the party will await the BSW board meeting on Monday and full caucus session on Tuesday.
- The dispute follows November defections in the BSW caucus, with two deputies returning and two others remaining outside the party as the BSW majority urges them to give up their mandates.
- BSW deputy Sven Hornauf, who has repeatedly backed AfD motions, has rejected giving a pledge, a flashpoint that BSW says the SPD is using in a way that looks like a search for a breakup pretext.
- The government holds only a theoretical two-seat majority, and the SPD now questions the BSW’s dependability while signaling openness to deputies who commit to stability.