Overview
- Four BSW lawmakers quit the party citing authoritarian tendencies but said they will stay in the BSW caucus and continue to support the coalition agreement.
- The Hauptausschuss advanced the ARD, ZDF and Deutschlandradio reform and youth media protection treaties 5–4 only with CDU support, as BSW split with Finance Minister Robert Crumbach voting yes and caucus leader Niels-Olaf Lüders voting no.
- A final Landtag vote is scheduled for November 19–20, and without a unified BSW the SPD–BSW alliance lacks a reliable majority and is expected to depend on CDU votes again.
- The four defectors have moved against Lüders with a threatened no-confidence motion and are pressing for leadership changes, with a special BSW caucus meeting in preparation.
- Minister-President Dietmar Woidke insists the coalition continues and urges BSW to resolve its dispute, while the CDU signals openness to talks, the AfD says the government is finished, the Greens call for new elections, and a snap poll remains unlikely due to the two‑thirds threshold to dissolve the Landtag.