Populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance hopeful after German exit polls
Germany's upstart Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) remains optimistic about passing the 5% hurdle to enter parliament, ...
Live updates: Germans head to the polls as Europe grapples with a new Trump administration
Four candidates are running to be Germany’s next leader: incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz, current Vice ...
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German election 2025: Sahra Wagenknecht's big test with BSW
If the BSW and its official chancellor candidate, Sahra Wagenknecht, had their way, Germany would disarm. It is questionable whether the new party will be able to commit to this in the next ...
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Germany’s Left comes back from the dead
Once written off as a party in terminal decline, Die Linke is defying expectations with a youth-driven resurgence.
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German leftist leader vows to block higher defence spending
Her Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), which polling suggests is hovering around the 5 per cent needed to make it into the German parliament, would support higher borrowing to enable investments ...
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Sahra Wagenknecht’s Party Is a Bad Example for the Left
In Germany, the new Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance has scored well in its first electoral tests. Its burial of class politics ...
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German centre right poised to retake power after election triumph
BERLIN – Germany’s centre-right won a clear victory in Sunday’s national election, heralding a major political shift in Europe’s largest country and clearing the way for Friedrich Merz, leader of the ...
Kremlin-friendly politicians are winning over German voters
Relations with Putin’s nation become key election issue as pro-Russia AfD and Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance make progress in polls ...
Russia sanctions and Ukraine military aid are ruining German industry, BSW politician says
Sevim Dagdelen, member of the German Bundestag for the BSW (Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht), sets out the party's policies on ...