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Germany's socialist Left Party (Die Linke) is the most left-wing party in German post-reunification politics. It is the successor East Germany's ruling SED.

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Screens show Left Party branding at the party convention in Berlin

Left Party gains confidence as German election nears

Left Party gains confidence as German election nears

With rising poll numbers and renewed purpose, the socialist Left Party presented a united front at its convention.
PoliticsJanuary 19, 2025
Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merzs in Berlin during a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the assassination attempt against Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler in 1944

German election: Focus on immigration and the economy

German election: Focus on immigration and the economy

Immigration and the poor state of the economy are the top issues for German voters, the latest survey shows.
PoliticsJanuary 10, 2025
left to right: Bodo Ramelow, Gregor Gysi and Dietmar Bartsch

Germany: How three old men hope to save the Left Party

Germany: How three old men hope to save the Left Party

The Left Party is banking on a trio of old men to get it reelected to parliament in February.
PoliticsNovember 21, 2024
Empty seats and party logo in a convention location

Germany's Left Party takes a stand against populists

Germany's Left Party takes a stand against populists

After several election defeats, The Left Party fears it could disappear.
PoliticsOctober 18, 2024
A person leafs through a stack of ballot papers on a table

Germany's political landscape is more fractured than ever

Germany's political landscape is more fractured than ever

The successes of the AfD and BSW in the state elections in Saxony and Thuringia has changed the German party system.
PoliticsSeptember 13, 2024
Sahra Wagenknecht

Germany: New BSW party in kingmaker position in east

Germany: New BSW party in kingmaker position in east

The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance wants to help govern Saxony and Thuringia, but some key demands have been rejected.
PoliticsSeptember 3, 2024
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In the spotlight

Martin Schirdewan and Janine Wissler

Germany's Left Party on the brink of oblivion

The most important socialist voice in the country's political landscape is struggling for survival.
PoliticsAugust 20, 2024
Activist Carola Rackete (left) and party co-chair Martin Schirdewan holding flowers, smiling

Germany's socialist Left Party fights for survival

The post-communist Left Party is trying to reinvent itself as a viable political force in today's Germany.
PoliticsNovember 20, 2023
torches illuminated the Left Party and the SPD's red logos and the Greens' green logo

Could Germany soon have a left-wing government?

Chancellor Merkel's CDU is flagging in the polls — and conjuring up the threat of a far-left takeover. Rightly so?
PoliticsSeptember 24, 2021
Coal power plant Neurath

German parties pledge to confront climate change — or not

The fight against climate change is one of the German voters' main topics of concern at election time.
PoliticsSeptember 23, 2021
Four heads. upper: Sahra Wagenknecht (l),Thilo Sarazzin, lower: Boris Palmer (l), Hans-Georg Maaßen,

Germany's unruliest political rogues

All German political parties have a politician who annoys party leaders by making outrageous statements.
PoliticsJuly 6, 2021
Angela Merkel waving

Germans want political continuity

In less than one hundred days, Germans will vote for a new parliament.
PoliticsJuly 1, 2021
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