Woidke remains Prime Minister: political tug of war in Brandenburg!

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In the Brandenburg state parliament, Dietmar Woidke (SPD) successfully completed his re -election as the prime minister in the second ballot. After receiving only 43 out of 88 votes in the first round on Tuesday, December 11, 2024, he was able to combine 50 votes in the second ballot. Woidke, who has held the office since 2013, described this as a "great advance of trust" and emphasized that the challenges of his new term now begin, as he did in an interview with Tagesschau explained.

The coalition of the SPD and the new alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) has 46 seats in parliament, but it was already hailing from the opposition. The CDU parliamentary group leader Jan Redmann suspects that Woidke was chosen with votes from the AfD, which further leads to the political situation. "The CDU was not voted for Woidke. This indicates problematic cooperation," says Redmann. The SPD will fill a total of six ministries and the State Chancellery in the new state government, while the BSW receives three ministries. The opposition sees the coalition extremely skeptical, with over 60 percent of the population, which the political alliance in question, as from a survey of Rnd

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Woidke has announced that it will focus on major challenges, including the economic development of the country and improvements in the field of education. It remains to be seen how the new coalition will assert itself under these conditions.

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