Overview
- The party missed the 5% threshold with 4.981% in February, falling short by a little over 9,500 votes.
- BSW released a public appeal for a recount backed by 22 signatories, including Dieter Hallervorden, rapper Massiv and MEP Martin Sonneborn.
- The Bundestag’s election review committee says it is evaluating submissions and drafting a recommendation, with a decision considered possible in December.
- Legal experts caution that recounts are not ordered on suspicion alone and note that a BSW entry to parliament could erase the federal coalition’s majority, though the chancellor would initially remain in office.
- In Brandenburg, four deputies quit the BSW, a no-confidence motion targets the caucus leadership, and a crisis meeting in Potsdam seeks to stabilize the SPD–BSW governing alliance.