Overview
- The BSW parliamentary group has resolved to vote against two media-state treaties, making any passage dependent on CDU votes with the SPD.
- Four legislators who quit the BSW party say they will remain in the caucus and plan to leave the chamber during the vote to avoid breaking the group line.
- Two no-confidence motions against faction leaders Niels-Olaf Lüders and Christian Dorst failed 8–6, keeping them in office as divisions persist.
- Finance Minister Robert Crumbach backs the treaties, says his stance was coordinated with party and faction heads, and now proposes mediation to restore cooperation.
- With the coalition holding only a two-seat majority and all 16 state parliaments required for nationwide approval, Wednesday’s decision could decide both the reform’s fate and the government’s stability.