Overview
- The BSW faction leadership withdrew speaking rights for four deputies who quit the party but remain in the parliamentary group for this week’s plenary.
- Deputy faction chief Christian Dorst urged Finance Minister Robert Crumbach to give up his mandate and leave the group; Crumbach rejected the demand.
- BSW founder Sahra Wagenknecht called the departures regrettable, acknowledged late internal coordination on the treaties, and urged continued talks.
- Ministerpräsident Dietmar Woidke said he still sees a basis for stable governing, and the SPD signaled it will tolerate a BSW no‑vote but wants a unified line going forward.
- The BSW group plans mostly to vote against the two media‑state treaties while Crumbach intends to back them, and the four ex‑members say they will exit the chamber during the vote.