Overview
- BSW assured the SPD it will not block two media‑state treaties in Wednesday’s Hauptausschuss, easing immediate pressure on Brandenburg’s SPD/BSW coalition while leaving the final plenary vote later this month unresolved.
- Internal rifts persist as the BSW federal board, including new state leader Friederike Benda, opposes the treaties, while Deputy Minister‑President Robert Crumbach backs them and may facilitate their passage in committee.
- The CDU has signaled support, making overall ratification in the Landtag likely ahead of the planned 1 December start date, with Brandenburg and Lower Saxony the last states yet to approve.
- Sahra Wagenknecht is set to present a proposed leadership slate in Berlin today after stating she will remain in a leading role, as the party prepares a December congress in Magdeburg to choose its leadership and decide on a new name that keeps the BSW initials.
- Beyond Brandenburg, party consolidation continues: Saxony‑Anhalt scheduled a 29 November special congress to set direction for the 2026 state election, and federally the Constitutional Court has rejected BSW’s urgent bid for a nationwide recount as the parliamentary review proceeds.