Overview
- The Landtag votes today, with the CDU/SPD minority short of its own majority and up to six to seven expected CDU defections making the outcome uncertain.
- The BSW will allow a free vote that could decide the result, while the AfD has declared opposition and Greens and Left signal support.
- The draft sets three paid days annually starting in 2027 for volunteer-related and job-relevant training, explicitly excluding hobby courses such as yoga.
- Unions, churches, sports bodies and the fire brigade back the measure as support for volunteer qualifications after collecting roughly 55,000 signatures for an initial five-day plan.
- Employer, chamber and municipal groups campaign against the law as the wrong signal, with a cost offset for firms under 20 employees included; some commentary frames defeat as a risk for the fragile coalition.