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Germany's socialist Left Party (Die Linke) is the most left-wing party in German post-reunification politics. It is the successor East Germany's ruling SED.

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October 19, 2024

Germany: Socialist Left Party elects new leaders

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Empty seats and party logo in a convention location

Germany's Left Party takes a stand against populists

Germany's Left Party takes a stand against populists

After several election defeats, The Left Party fears it could disappear.
PoliticsOctober 18, 2024
A person leafs through a stack of ballot papers on a table

Germany's political landscape is more fractured than ever

Germany's political landscape is more fractured than ever

The successes of the AfD and BSW in the state elections in Saxony and Thuringia has changed the German party system.
PoliticsSeptember 13, 2024
Sahra Wagenknecht

Germany: New BSW party in kingmaker position in east

Germany: New BSW party in kingmaker position in east

The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance wants to help govern Saxony and Thuringia, but some key demands have been rejected.
PoliticsSeptember 3, 2024
A BSW poster featuring Sarah Wagenknecht and proclaiming her party gives security a home

'A one-woman show,' the Sahra Wagenknecht phenomenon

'A one-woman show,' the Sahra Wagenknecht phenomenon

She may be controversial, but her new party’s success in eastern Germany could change the country’s political landscape.
PoliticsSeptember 1, 2024
Martin Schirdewan and Janine Wissler

Germany's Left Party on the brink of oblivion

Germany's Left Party on the brink of oblivion

The most important socialist voice in the country's political landscape is struggling for survival.
PoliticsAugust 20, 2024
Sahra Wagenknecht and her BSW allies jubilant on Sunday evening

Germany's new populists BSW challenge the far-right AfD

Germany's new populists BSW challenge the far-right AfD

The BSW party took over 6% of the German vote in the EU election. Analysts say the far-right AfD should be most worried.
PoliticsJune 10, 2024
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Activist Carola Rackete (left) and party co-chair Martin Schirdewan holding flowers, smiling

Germany's socialist Left Party fights for survival

The post-communist Left Party is trying to reinvent itself as a viable political force in today's Germany.
PoliticsNovember 20, 2023
torches illuminated the Left Party and the SPD's red logos and the Greens' green logo

Could Germany soon have a left-wing government?

Chancellor Merkel's CDU is flagging in the polls — and conjuring up the threat of a far-left takeover. Rightly so?
PoliticsSeptember 24, 2021
Coal power plant Neurath

German parties pledge to confront climate change — or not

The fight against climate change is one of the German voters' main topics of concern at election time.
PoliticsSeptember 23, 2021
Four heads. upper: Sahra Wagenknecht (l),Thilo Sarazzin, lower: Boris Palmer (l), Hans-Georg Maaßen,

Germany's unruliest political rogues

All German political parties have a politician who annoys party leaders by making outrageous statements.
PoliticsJuly 6, 2021
Angela Merkel waving

Germans want political continuity

In less than one hundred days, Germans will vote for a new parliament.
PoliticsJuly 1, 2021
Deutschland Bundestag

A guide to Germany's possible coalitions

Coalition negotiations are the vital beginning of every legislative period. So what options are there?
PoliticsMay 17, 2021
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