Red–purple coalition

The withdrawal of the Greens, the Left and BVB/Free Voters from the Landtag of Brandenburg also resulted in this red-purple-black majority, but the CDU rejected talks for such an alliance, as the SPD and BSW alone already have a majority and the inclusion of the CDU would have led to the formation of an oversized coalition [de].

[1][2] After a meeting between the Prime Minister and SPD top candidate Dietmar Woidke and BSW party leader Sahra Wagenknecht, the SPD held exploratory talks with the BSW on the formation of such a red-purple coalition.

[2][3][4] At the end of October 2024, the two parties announced their intention to enter into coalition negotiations,[5] which were concluded in mid-December.

[6] An obstacle to cooperation was that the BSW wanted to negotiate arms deliveries to Ukraine and the stationing of US medium-range missiles in Germany in state politics in order to achieve a commitment against this by an SPD-BSW state government.

[2][3] Due to differences with the BSW, Economics Minister Jörg Steinbach [de] (SPD) had announced during the coalition negotiations that he did not want to be part of the future state government again and announced his resignation.