2023-10-20 01:04:00
Germany is getting a new party with the “Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht”. The office of the left-wing politician confirmed yesterday that, following months of preparation, a club with this name will be officially presented on Monday.
This is seen as a concrete step towards founding a separate Wagenknecht party, which might combine left-wing social policy with strict asylum policy and a move away from overly harsh climate protection.
Wagenknecht has repeatedly said that she considers a new party to be desirable and necessary. The 54-year-old has so far shied away from making a public statement. It has long since fallen out with the Left on important issues such as migration and climate policy. Wagenknecht recently said publicly that her connection with the left was over for her. A party expulsion process is underway once morest her.
The possible founding of a party is generating so much interest because it might shift the political landscape. Pollsters give a Wagenknecht party comparatively high potential. In a YouGov survey at the end of September, almost one in three eligible voters (29 percent) in the east of the country said that they might basically imagine voting for a new party led by Wagenknecht. In the West it was 19 percent.
However, such surveys say little regarding how many people would actually make this decision. It is also not yet completely clear what the party should stand for. Wagenknecht has positioned herself as a sharp critic of the German government’s Ukraine policy and the energy sanctions once morest Russia. She is in favor of importing cheap natural gas and once morest overly strict climate protection policies. She also advocates limiting migration. She has repeatedly described the Greens as the most dangerous party.
Political scientists assume that their project might also steal votes from the AfD. The right-wing party hopes to win state elections for the first time in Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg next year.
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