Overview
- BSW state leader Friederike Benda urged ex‑members Jouleen Gruhn and André von Ossowski to surrender their Landtag seats, accusing them of breaching party commitments.
- Both deputies rejected the call, saying they will keep their mandates and continue working in the parliamentary group, while reiterating support for the coalition’s policy agenda.
- Two other BSW deputies who had quit in November, Reinhard Simon and Melanie Matzies, have rejoined the party following talks, partially easing the faction split.
- A fresh Infratest dimap Brandenburg‑Trend shows the AfD at a record 35%, the SPD at 22% and the BSW at 7%, with 47% favoring new elections and only 37% satisfied with the state government.
- The poll indicates no workable majority for the current SPD–BSW pairing or other two‑ or three‑party options excluding the AfD, as Ministerpräsident Dietmar Woidke’s approval slips to 48%; a separate INSA/BILD survey places the AfD at 26.5% nationally with Alice Weidel rising in popularity.