Overview
- The presidium and board propose renaming the party to “Bündnis Soziale Gerechtigkeit und Wirtschaftliche Vernunft” while keeping the BSW abbreviation, with a final decision due at a Magdeburg party congress in early December.
- Sahra Wagenknecht has not said whether she will run again for chair, and party sources say she will retain a leading role under any outcome.
- In Brandenburg, the BSW Landtag faction plans to largely vote against two media-state treaties on public broadcasting and youth media rules, leaving the SPD–BSW coalition without its own majority.
- Internal tallies reported by dpa show nine BSW legislators against, three abstentions and one in favor, as the CDU signals support and the AfD signals rejection, making approval possible only with opposition votes.
- BSW officials and SPD leaders give conflicting accounts on how early the objections were flagged, with talks continuing as the party balances rebranding, leadership negotiations and its roughly 5,000-member base after narrowly missing the federal 5% threshold this spring.