Left Party leaders Wissler and Schirdewan to step down DW 08/18/2024
Janine Wissler and Martin Schirdewan will resign as leaders of the German Left Party amid declining party confidence and several election losses. [ more ]
Left Party leaders Wissler and Schirdewan to step down DW 08/18/2024
Janine Wissler and Martin Schirdewan will resign as leaders of the German Left Party amid declining party confidence and several election losses. [ more ]
New populist party shakes up German political establishment DW 01/08/2024
Sahra Wagenknecht, former member of the Left Party, has founded her own party called the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance Reason and Fairness.
Germany's left-wing parties are struggling to redefine themselves and are facing a decline in support, with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) gaining in popularity. [ more ]
Germany's new populists BSW challenge the far-right AfD DW 06/10/2024
The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) poses a unique threat to far-right parties due to its left-wing economic stance and far-right positions on immigration and gender. [ more ]
New populist party shakes up German political establishment DW 01/08/2024
Sahra Wagenknecht, former member of the Left Party, has founded her own party called the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance Reason and Fairness.
Germany's left-wing parties are struggling to redefine themselves and are facing a decline in support, with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) gaining in popularity. [ more ]
Germany's new populists BSW challenge the far-right AfD DW 06/10/2024
The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) poses a unique threat to far-right parties due to its left-wing economic stance and far-right positions on immigration and gender. [ more ]
Germany: Left Party to disband parliamentary faction DW 11/14/2023
Germany's far-left party Die Linke has decided to disband its parliamentary faction following internal splits.
Prominent left-wing politician Sahra Wagenknecht has resigned from Die Linke to form her own new party, taking nine colleagues with her.
The dissolution of Die Linke's parliamentary faction will result in the loss of parliamentary rights and state funding for the party's staff members. [ more ]
Germany: Left Party to disband parliamentary faction DW 11/14/2023
Germany's far-left party Die Linke has decided to disband its parliamentary faction following internal splits.
Prominent left-wing politician Sahra Wagenknecht has resigned from Die Linke to form her own new party, taking nine colleagues with her.
The dissolution of Die Linke's parliamentary faction will result in the loss of parliamentary rights and state funding for the party's staff members. [ more ]