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Brandenburg SPD Keeps Coalition as BSW Rebels Over Media Treaties

The SPD will accept a lost majority in upcoming votes to advance the broadcasting and youth-protection pacts with CDU support.

Overview

  • SPD caucus leader Björn Lüttmann said the coalition will continue despite BSW’s majority stance against two media-state treaties.
  • SPD warned BSW that this breach of voting unity must remain a one-off and that joint votes are expected going forward.
  • In the Hauptausschuss on Wednesday, Finance Minister Robert Crumbach (BSW) is expected to vote yes, while BSW leader Niels-Olaf Lüders plans to vote no in the plenary next week.
  • CDU pledged to back the treaties in committee and in the Landtag, meaning passage is expected even without a coalition majority.
  • BSW faces internal strife, with four lawmakers filing a no-confidence motion against the faction leadership, as Brandenburg and Lower Saxony remain the last state parliaments to ratify the reforms.