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SPD and BSW Affirm Stable Coalition Despite Internal Strains

After clearing its double budget, Brandenburg’s two-seat majority government faces persistent tensions over foreign oil sanctions.

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Overview

  • The SPD and BSW have led Brandenburg since December 2024 in a coalition aimed at excluding the AfD and secured passage of the 2025/26 double budget in June.
  • Minister-President Dietmar Woidke and Finance Minister Robert Crumbach characterize the coalition as stable, citing the budget vote as evidence of unified governance.
  • Their narrow two-seat majority in the Landtag is effectively trimmed to one by BSW MP Sven Hornauf’s repeated breaks with party voting lines.
  • The BSW’s call to lift sanctions on Russian oil has emerged as a major policy fault line with the SPD’s stance on Ukraine war support.
  • Since succeeding Robert Crumbach in July, BSW state chair Friederike Benda has publicly criticized the SPD over an uncoordinated Israel-existence pledge and for insufficient economic engagement.