Overview
- Finance Minister Robert Crumbach quit the BSW and was unanimously admitted to the SPD parliamentary group, with Jouleen Gruhn joining the SPD faction and André von Ossowski leaving the BSW faction to sit outside it.
- Dietmar Woidke said all ministers will remain in office for now and that he will govern temporarily without a majority while pursuing negotiations with the CDU.
- CDU leader Jan Redmann signaled willingness to discuss cooperation, and an SPD–CDU lineup would now hold a narrow majority in the Landtag.
- BSW leaders denounced the move as a betrayal and claimed a majority still existed, a contention at odds with the formal loss of the coalition’s two-seat margin.
- The AfD called for the Landtag to dissolve for snap elections, as unions urged a swift, stable majority given mounting economic strains and recent job losses.