Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance

Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance – Reason and Justice
Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht – Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit
AbbreviationBSW
ChairpersonAmira Mohamed Ali
Sahra Wagenknecht
General SecretaryChristian Leye
Founders
Founded8 January 2024 (2024-01-08)
Split fromThe Left
HeadquartersKrausenstr. 9-10
10117 Berlin
Membership (September 2024)900[1]
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing to far-left[A]
European Parliament groupNon-Inscrits
Colours
  •   Purple
  •   Orange
Bundestag
10 / 736
Bundesrat
0 / 69
State Parliaments
47 / 1,898
European Parliament
6 / 96
Heads of State Governments
0 / 16
Website
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^ A: BSW is widely considered far-left[7] and a radical left party,[8] but is also described as hard left,[9] left-wing or left-conservative; the latter label is due to its conservative stances on socio-cultural issues.

The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance – Reason and Justice (German: Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht – Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit [beː.ɛsˈveː], BSW) is a political party in Germany founded on 8 January 2024. It has been described as left-wing populist, left-wing nationalist, socialist, culturally conservative, socially conservative and Eurosceptic. The party is sceptical of green politics and support for Ukraine in the Russo-Ukrainian War, and has been described as Russophilic.[4][10][11]

The party originated as a split from the party The Left (Die Linke). In September 2023, Sahra Wagenknecht, Amira Mohamed Ali, Christian Leye, Lukas Schön, and several other long time Left party members announced their intention to form a new party.[12][13][14] It was subsequently joined by others including former Left party leader Klaus Ernst, Fabio De Masi, and former mayor of Düsseldorf Thomas Geisel. The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance was officially founded in January with Wagenknecht and Mohamed Ali as its leaders.

The BSW contested its first elections in May. In June, the party won 6.1% of votes nationally in the European Parliament elections. In September, it won between 11% and 16% in three eastern state elections in Saxony, Thuringia, and Brandenburg.[15]

  1. ^ Janz, Carsten; Wienand, Lars (19 September 2024). "Die wahre Herkunft der Wagenknecht-Millionen". T-Online (in German). Stanger wie Salingré gehören inzwischen zu den 900 Mitgliedern der Partei, die bei Neuaufnahmen sehr zögerlich agieren. [Stanger and Salingré are now among the party's 900 members who are very hesitant about new admissions.]
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  8. ^ Wondreys, Jakub; March, Luke [in Spanish]; Pytlas, Bartek (28 September 2024). "'My enemy's enemy is my friend'? European radical left parties' response to Russia's war in Ukraine". The British Journal of Politics and International Relations. Political Studies Assocation: 18. doi:10.1177/13691481241284204.
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  10. ^ Hyun, Bona (23 April 2023). "Wagenknecht im Visier Putins? Deutsche Antikriegskoalition mit AfD soll Westen diskreditieren". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). ISSN 0940-6980. Archived from the original on 30 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Germany's far-left star quits post-Communists to found populist party". Reuters. 23 October 2023. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  12. ^ Junginger, Bernhard (9 October 2023). "Die Linke liegt am Boden: Erster Schritt für Wagenknecht-Partei". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  13. ^ Vorreyer, Thomas (20 October 2023). "Bald neue Partei: Wo Sahra Wagenknecht hinwill". Tagesschau (in German). Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  14. ^ "Wagenknecht will Partei-Pläne am Montag vorstellen". Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 20 October 2023. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  15. ^ "Unease as Russia-friendly 'queen of the elections' aims for more German poll success". The Guardian. 17 September 2024.