Overview
- Opposition leader Wiebke Winter cited a series of left-wing extremist incidents and an informant unmasking as grounds to exclude the Left from government.
- The motions target Economy Senator Kristina Vogt and Health Senator Claudia Bernhard without alleging personal misconduct.
- Media reports link the informant case to deputy state court judge Anatol Anuschewski, who was elected to the bench in 2019 on a Left proposal.
- Authorities reported paint attacks, including on intelligence chief Thorge Koehler’s home, which Interior Senator Eva Högl said likely relates to the informant affair.
- The FDP signaled support, while the SPD and the Left dismissed the move as political theater, with formal filing due next week and a vote expected later in February.