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The charismatic leader of the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) has seen her breakaway migration-sceptical party already begin to eclipse the Left Party (Die Linke), which they split from in 2023
PROMINENT Die Linke (Left party) parliamentary representative Sahra Wagenknecht announced today that Germany’s cross-party left-wing Aufstehen (Stand Up) movement has surpassed 100,000 supporters.
Addressing a Berlin press conference alongside veteran Green activist Ludger Volmer and Flensburg mayor Simone Lange of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Ms Wagenknecht highlighted a “crisis of democracy” because prosperity is no longer shared among all citizens.
The co-leader of the Left party group inside the Bundestag parliamentary chamber announced that the alliance had 100,001 supporters signed up to the project.
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