Wagenknecht quits, vows to influence
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Sahra Wagenknecht gave up the BSW chair, saying she would remain influential while Amira Mohamed Ali and Fabio De Masi were named to lead the party.
LOL! Seems the power of the media is limited after all… or maybe it is just harder to propel the radical right to prominence than the radical left? They spent so many hours of television and so many pages of print media on her…
Sarah Wagenknecht withdraws as BSW leader
Sarah Wagenknecht is stepping down as chair of the BSW, which she founded. The party missed out on entering the Bundestag in the last election.
www.bluewin.ch
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
LOL! Seems the power of the media is limited after all… or maybe it is just harder to propel the radical right to prominence than the radical left? They spent so many hours of television and so many pages of print media on her…
Reposted by Steve Peers
Sahra Wagenknecht, a longtime icon of hard-left politics in Germany, is stepping down as co-leader of the populist party she founded only last year.
Germany’s hard-left icon steps down as leader of populist party she founded
Sahra Wagenknecht says she will still maintain an active leadership role in the party that bears her name.
www.politico.eu
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Sahra Wagenknecht, a longtime icon of hard-left politics in Germany, is stepping down as co-leader of the populist party she founded only last year.
While I was right on the future of BSW, I was wrong on the future of Die Linke. Turns out Wagenknecht was a huge albatross around the neck of the German Left and once she was removed/removed herself, Die Linke started flourishing again.
Can Europe’s new ‘conservative left’ persuade voters to abandon the far right? | Cas Mudde
Sahra Wagenknecht’s new party aims to transform German politics – but like its peers across western Europe, it may struggle, says Cas Mudde of the University of Georgia
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
While I was right on the future of BSW, I was wrong on the future of Die Linke. Turns out Wagenknecht was a huge albatross around the neck of the German Left and once she was removed/removed herself, Die Linke started flourishing again.