“I think this is very problematic”
Wagenknecht criticized his own lawmakers
11/11/2025 – 23:04Reading time: 1 minute.
In the dispute, four BSW MPs in Potsdam resigned from the party. Its founders accused them of wanting to decide too independently on a core issue.
BSW boss Sahra Wagenknecht criticized four MPs in Brandenburg who left the party because of the dispute. The four people ran because they knew the party’s position and promised the public that they would represent that position, Wagenknecht said on the ARD program “Maischberger”.
“I find it very problematic that individual lawmakers here who have important positions – and our criticism of public broadcasting is an important position – think that they should do things differently because they probably know better,” Wagenknecht said. But he stressed that we would “continue to talk to them, and I hope we can resolve this issue.”
Previously, four members of the BSW state parliament in Brandenburg had announced their resignation from the Wagenknecht party and criticized the party: “Authoritarian tendencies are increasingly shaping the climate within the party, pressure on representation is increasing, while open discussion and the inclusion of dissenting voices is increasingly being sidelined,” they wrote.
In recent days, the dispute over two government media contracts in the SPD and BSW coalition in Potsdam has become increasingly heated. In contrast to the SPD, the majority of BSW MPs were unwilling to support the contract.
Wagenknecht told “Maischberger” that there was no provision on state agreements in the coalition agreement. He spoke with Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD). “That will not be the reason for the coalition to break up,” Wagenknecht said.
He had stated on Monday that he supported continuing the coalition with the SPD in Potsdam.
