Overview
- Zimmermann announced in Dresden that she will relinquish the parliamentary group chair and her Landtag mandate at the end of the year due to a severe illness earlier in 2025.
- A spokesperson said the faction will name her successor at a later date.
- Reporters noted the absence of deputy and new co-state chair Ronny Kupke from the press event, and some outlets reported internal tensions, which the faction denies.
- At a Bautzen party conference days earlier, Kupke and Jörg Scheibe joined the new state board after Zimmermann did not run again, and consultant Marcel Machill left the party.
- Under electoral rules, her seat will pass to the next candidate on BSW’s 2024 state list, preserving the party’s 15-member status as the Landtag’s third-largest faction.