The coalition of BSW and SPD in Brandenburg is in disaster. BSW Finance Minister Crumbach has now introduced a private assertion. He had lately left his future open.
- Finance Minister broadcasts resignation from occasion and parliamentary group
- Brandenburg authorities coalition of SPD and BSW in disaster
- BSW faction fell out, SPD demanded a declaration of loyalty
The Brandenburg Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Robert Crumbach has introduced his resignation from the BSW and the related parliamentary group within the Brandenburg state parliament. He introduced this on Monday.
The politician defined that components of the occasion and the parliamentary group weren’t ready to tackle authorities duty. Instead of constructive sensible work, makes an attempt are being made to pursue opposition politics from throughout the authorities. According to Crumbach, how lengthy he stays minister is as much as Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD).
Four MPs resigned – two stay
The BSW in Brandenburg, which has ruled with the SPD since December 2024, is in disaster. Four MPs resigned from the occasion in November. They justified this, amongst different issues, with “authoritarian tendencies” within the occasion. But Melanie Matzies and Reinhard Simon got here again.
How the opposite two MPs – Jouleen Gruhn and André von Ossowski – will proceed remains to be unclear. According to their very own statements, they assist the coalition, however the majority of the BSW parliamentary group not desires to work with them. Both might keep within the parliamentary group, however they might additionally proceed with no faction after which assist the SPD or CDU or each. You might additionally swap to the SPD or CDU parliamentary group.
Different choices for the federal government
Despite the MPs leaving the BSW parliamentary group, the votes initially stay within the coalition camp. If he modifies to the SPD or CDU faction, Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD) would have the potential of an alternative choice: an SPD/CDU coalition – if the CDU would assist it.
SPD parliamentary group chief Björn Lüttmann was open to accepting the renegade BSW MPs. “Of course” we’ll work with individuals who “want to work with us,” Lüttmann instructed rbb|24 on Monday. The coalition is presently in a “dynamic process”.
Lüttmann initially didn’t need to touch upon hypothesis about Crumbach’s doable transfer to the SPD parliamentary group. However, he identified that if Crumbach or different BSW MPs moved to the SPD parliamentary group, the bulk within the coalition wouldn’t change. “That means the coalition continues to exist and that is the status quo,” mentioned Lüttmann.
BSW parliamentary director Falk Peschel instructed rbb|24 that he “assumes” the coalition between the SPD and BSW will nonetheless exist on the finish of the week. He is in touch with Crumbach and has made preparations with him relating to the BSW parliamentary group’s agenda on Tuesday.
New election is taken into account unlikely
An SPD minority authorities and a brand new election, which requires a two-thirds majority within the state parliament, are thought-about unlikely regardless of the coalition disaster.
The BSW parliamentary group rejects a declaration of loyalty to the coalition demanded by the SPD. State managing director Stefan Roth introduced this on the weekend and mentioned he additionally spoke for almost all of the BSW parliamentary group. In their ranks there’s additionally MP Sven Hornauf, who has supported motions towards the coalition a number of instances and isn’t a part of the coalition.
Broadcast: rbb24 Inforadio, January fifth, 2026, 2 p.m
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