Overview
- BSW’s Brandenburg leadership said Christian Dorst did not relativize the Shoah but called his resignation appropriate because his combative X presence conflicted with the deputy role.
- Dorst acknowledged an error in posting and cited reliance on an incorrect quotation, said he would remain in the parliamentary group for now, and left a possible party exit open.
- Sahra Wagenknecht endorsed the resignation as overdue, saying Dorst’s defense of an AfD candidate’s remarks was not compatible with BSW positions.
- SPD officials and Jewish community representatives condemned Dorst’s reaction, while Minister-President Dietmar Woidke urged the coalition to return to substantive governance.
- The episode deepens an ongoing BSW faction crisis marked by four recent party exits and narrow internal votes that have strained the SPD/BSW governing alliance.