Overview

• The Brandenburg Landtag elected a new three-member Parliamentary Control Commission (PKK) to oversee the Verfassungsschutz, with Uwe Adler (SPD) as chair, Rainer Genilke (CDU) as deputy, and André von Ossowski (BSW) as the third member.
• The AfD, despite holding 30 seats in the Landtag, failed to secure representation in the PKK after its candidate Daniel Münschke received only 38 votes in the second ballot.
• The coalition’s decision to reduce the PKK to three members—two from the governing coalition and one from the opposition—was finalized in February, further limiting opposition representation.
• Uwe Adler initially failed to secure enough votes in the first ballot, with only 42 votes, before narrowly winning in the second round with 44 votes, exposing internal dissent within the SPD-BSW coalition.
• The Landes-AfD's recent classification as a secured right-wing extremist group by the Verfassungsschutz in April has intensified its exclusion from key oversight roles.