Overview
- Party leaders will unveil a proposed leadership lineup on Monday, with reports pointing to a possible dual chair, while Sahra Wagenknecht rejects talk of a retreat but declines to specify her future post.
- Delegates are set to vote at the early‑December Magdeburg congress on renaming the long form to "Bündnis Soziale Gerechtigkeit und Wirtschaftliche Vernunft" while keeping the BSW acronym, a change that requires a two‑thirds majority.
- The Wahlprüfungsausschuss is reviewing 1,031 election objections, including BSW’s push for a nationwide recount after falling 4.981% short by roughly 9,500 votes, with about 4,200 BSW votes already corrected in spot checks and no firm decision date.
- BSW warns it may return to the Federal Constitutional Court if the committee rejects or delays a recount, as a successful challenge could cost the CDU‑SPD bloc its Bundestag majority.
- Internal strains persist in Brandenburg, where the BSW federal board opposes two media state treaties and the state caucus plans to vote them down, even as BSW Finance Minister Robert Crumbach says he will back them and the SPD presses to preserve the coalition.