Overview
- Health Minister Britta Müller and Transport Minister Detlef Tabbert resigned from the BSW, saying the step will let them focus on governing and keep ministries functioning reliably.
- With their exits and Finance Minister Robert Crumbach’s earlier departure, no BSW members remain in the cabinet, and the party is no longer part of the state government.
- Woidke ended the SPD–BSW coalition citing the collapse of the BSW parliamentary group, kept all ministers in place for continuity, and plans to open talks with the CDU for a new majority.
- Business groups urged a swift start to SPD–CDU negotiations to avoid a prolonged stalemate, while BSW leaders traded accusations, with state chair Friederike Benda calling the departing ministers "fortune seekers" and Wagenknecht alleging betrayal.
- BSW’s parliamentary leader Niels-Olaf Lüders said the faction will drop a formal "firewall" stance toward the AfD but will not seek cooperation, a shift that drew criticism from Müller.