From Wednesday, the left-wing faction in the German Bundestag will be history. If the majority joins, the members will soon reshuffle: 28 leftists in a new group and ten members of the “Alliantie Sahra Wagenknecht” in another.
“It is sad and given the shift to the right in all other parties, it is bad for cohesion in this country,” says Jan Korte, former parliamentary director. At the same time, the split offers the opportunity to “launch a renewed, strong socialist party.” Korte is one of 28 former members who call the opposing party “Remaining Left.” According to a poll by “Bild am Sonntag” they receive only three percent of the votes. The left around the previous parliamentary faction leader Dietmar Bartsch has already declared itself a faction and applied for official recognition.
Former party leader Sahra Wagenknecht wants to set up her own party in January and is already in double figures in the polls. “You look forward to the new things to come. The response from the population is also very great,” says her colleague Alexander Ulrich.
Social overlaps
He sees overlaps in the social field, for example in the demand for higher pensions, taxes for the rich, a higher minimum wage and better education. Both sides also call for peace through diplomacy in Ukraine and reject German arms supplies. For example, there are differences in the areas of migration and climate protection. The left wants a generous acceptance of refugees and an economy without additional greenhouse gases from 2035. Wagenknecht, on the other hand, wants to accept fewer refugees and for cars to continue to run on combustion engines.
First there was the left-wing faction, and in 2007 the western party WASG and the successor to the SED, the left-wing party PDS, merged to form the party Die Linke. In 2009, 11.9 percent of the votes were obtained, in 2013 and 2017 this was around nine percent. Two years ago the party plummeted to 4.9 percent.
100 cancellations
As reported, the parliamentary group decided in mid-November to dissolve on December 6 and reported this to the Bundestag (see video above). Further formal steps are no longer necessary. All 38 MPs will initially be “non-attached” and around 100 employees will be made redundant. The previous parliamentary group room has already been cleared.
A decision on the left-wing proposal is unlikely to be made until the new year. In 2024, state elections will take place in Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg.
Source: Krone
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