Overview
- Brandenburg’s Landtag approved changes to two media‑state treaties in a 45–39 vote, with SPD and CDU backing and a split BSW caucus, after Finance Minister Robert Crumbach used his dual role to secure the majority.
- Wolfram Weimer said he is transferring his Weimer Media Group shares to a trustee and forgoing distributions while in office after reports that his firm sold executive access to federal ministers prompted scrutiny, including a Bavarian review.
- Some advertised guests for the 2026 Ludwig‑Erhard‑Gipfel distanced themselves from paid premium events, with clarifications on participation and no fees, as the organizer’s model faced criticism.
- The Bundeswehr staged a nocturnal sabotage‑and‑evacuation drill with about 250 soldiers at Berlin’s Jungfernheide U‑Bahn station, presented as a readiness signal in the context of the conscription debate.
- After a third attack in weeks on the same driving‑school operator, police reported gunfire damage at a Siemensstadt site in Spandau, while Brandenburg’s Interior Minister René Wilke proposed examining expanded video surveillance and cited a 5.2% overall crime drop.