Overview
- BSW agreed to support two media-state treaties in the Landtag’s Hauptausschuss on Wednesday, prompting the cancellation of a planned crisis meeting with the SPD.
- Final votes in the Brandenburg parliament on 19/20 November remain open, with the SPD insisting on a unified coalition position despite BSW’s earlier plan to vote no.
- The CDU opposition intends to vote for the treaties, making passage likely, while the nationwide reform is slated to take effect on 1 December with Brandenburg and Lower Saxony still pending.
- Internal tensions persist in the BSW as Vice Premier Robert Crumbach urges reliability, the federal board opposes the treaties, the party debates a new name, and Sahra Wagenknecht plans to announce on Monday whether she will seek the federal chair.
- The Federal Constitutional Court rejected the BSW’s emergency bid for a nationwide recount of the Bundestag election, the constitutional complaint continues, and an SPD member of the election review committee expressed hope for results as soon as next week.