Overview
- Party executives approved the move unanimously and named lead negotiators, with Minister-President Dietmar Woidke and CDU state chair Jan Redmann heading the main teams.
- Woidke continues to run a minority administration after ending the SPD/BSW coalition, and the Landtag recently rejected holding immediate new elections.
- A new Insa/Nordkurier poll reports 68 percent of Brandenburgers want a fresh vote and 54 percent view an SPD/CDU coalition negatively.
- Redmann says the first order of business will be the state budget, promising visible outcomes on economic development, jobs, education, stability and security.
- Jusos urge CDU openness to SPD priorities and flag likely clashes over a state tariff loyalty law, procurement minimum wage, youth participation and a proposed regional border police, while BSW denounces the coalition break as a "Putsch in Potsdam" and the SPD cites internal BSW dysfunction.