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Left-wing Party Leaders Resign Amidst Party Turmoil
2024-08-19 09:00:10
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Left-wing Party Leaders Resign Amidst Party Turmoil

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Amid election defeats and internal strife, Left Party co-chairs Janine Wissler and Martin Schirdewan announce their resignation. The party faces setbacks in Thuringia, Saxony, and Brandenburg, prompting leadership changes.

Former members, like Sahra Wagenknecht, have formed the BSW alliance, posing a threat to the party. Schirdewan criticizes the government's handling of crises, inflation, and inequality.

The Left Party, rooted in East German communism and West German labor, is undergoing a period of existential crisis. Bernd Lucke, co-founder of AfD, defends the BSW alliance and warns of potential radicalization if unfairly discredited.

The party's trajectory and future direction hang in the balance, with calls for new leadership and ideological clarity.

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Left-wing party leaders announce their resignation

Janine Wissler and Martin Schirdewan, the chairpersons of the Left Party, are stepping down. This decision comes after election defeats and criticism of the party leadership from prominent politicians. Sahra Wagenknecht has founded the BSW alliance, which achieved notable success in the European elections. Schirdewan accuses the traffic light coalition government of failing in various areas. The Left Party faces further setbacks in upcoming state elections. Wissler describes her time as party chairwoman as exhausting. The party acknowledges its dangerous situation and aims to strategize for renewal and future success. The decision of the leaders not to run for office again opens up the possibility for a fresh start. The party is struggling to regain lost trust and needs to address the distribution of power within its own ranks. The upcoming state elections in Thuringia, Saxony, and Brandenburg are crucial, and the party fears more setbacks. The resignation of Wissler and Schirdewan paves the way for a new leadership and a potential turning point for the party.

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Left-wing party leaders announce their resignation

The chairpersons of the Left Party, Janine Wissler and Martin Schirdewan, are stepping down. The background is election defeats and criticism of the party leadership from politicians such as Susanne Hennig-Wellsow, Gregor Gysi, Dietmar Bartsch, Eva von Angern, Gesine Lötzsch and Gerhard Trabert. Sahra Wagenknecht has founded the BSW alliance, which achieved 6.2% in the European elections. Schirdewan accuses the traffic light coalition government of failing in the face of crisis capitalism, inf..
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