- The previous left-wing politician Sahra Wagenknecht wants to found her own party with a small team of allies.
- The party is scheduled to be founded at the beginning of 2024 and run for the European elections in June 2024.
- Experts believe she can attract a larger proportion of non-voters and protest voters.
“We decided to found a new party because we are convinced that things cannot continue the way they are currently going,” said Wagenknecht. “Otherwise we probably won’t recognize our country in ten years.”
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Politician Sahra Wagenknecht wants to found a new party in 2024. In preparation, the association “Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht – For Reason and Justice” was founded a few weeks ago.
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Wagenknecht had been considering founding the party for months. A few weeks ago, her supporters registered the association “Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht – For Reason and Justice”. This should now prepare the founding of the party and collect donations.
Together with the Bundestag members Amira Mohamed Ali and Christian Leye as well as the entrepreneur Ralph Suikat and the former managing director of the Left in North Rhine-Westphalia, Lukas Schön, Wagenknecht founded the association to prepare for the founding of a party. Experts believe she can attract a larger proportion of non-voters and protest voters. This could be the death knell for the left.
Party wants to close current gap
The previous co-party leader of the Left, Amira Mohamed Ali, said that the group had already left the Left Party. “This decision was not easy for us.” Despite repeated electoral defeats, the Left has not corrected its course and is on the way to insignificance. Many people have lost trust in politics. The new party wants to fill this gap.
In Germany, people have been “governing bypassing the wishes of the majority” for years. Instead of rewarding performance, the money is redistributed from the hardworking to the top ten thousand. Lobby requests would be served and public coffers would be emptied. An “authoritarian political style” is complained about. Industry and medium-sized businesses are at stake.