Overview
- BSW says it will not issue a loyalty pledge and rejects tying a coalition committee meeting to any precondition, citing the coalition contract.
- SPD insists on a clear assurance that all 14 BSW deputies back the government and will await BSW leadership talks Monday and a full caucus meeting Tuesday.
- The governing partnership retains only a two-seat margin after four BSW lawmakers quit in November, with two returning and two remaining outside the party.
- BSW deputy Sven Hornauf refuses the pledge and has repeatedly supported AfD motions, a pattern the SPD had tolerated so far.
- BSW accuses the SPD of seeking a pretext to end the partnership, while Green leader Clemens Rostock derides the dispute as a “political kindergarten.”