Overview

• SPD, BSW and CDU lawmakers filed a joint motion on July 15 in the Brandenburg state parliament to boost Sorbian language support.
• The proposal calls for Sorbian/Wendish teacher education at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg to begin in the winter semester of 2026/27.
• It seeks to broaden the Witaj bilingual model in Lusatian kindergartens and schools to deepen language immersion.
• Lawmakers ask the state government to lobby the federal administration for a new funding agreement to finance the Foundation for the Sorbian People after its current deal expires at the end of 2025.
• Advocates warn that only 50 to 100 people speak Niedersorbisch fluently, underscoring the critical need to preserve the minority’s cultural traditions.