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Co-chairs Ines Schwerdtner and Jan van Aken on the party’s remarkable comeback
When we announced our candidacy for the chair of Die Linke last summer, the situation seemed hopeless: the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) had split from the party and we were limping into the state elections in eastern Germany. Last Sunday, only six months later, we won just under 8.8 percent in the federal elections. That was no coincidence.
The party congress in Halle already signalled the beginning of a transformation. The mood was great, ...
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Contribution to the Fête de l'Humanité, Paris, September 2012
The dramatic austerity measures as in Greece and Spain, the ESM and the restructuring of the European institutions will irreversibly shape the future of the European Union. The German government has taken a distinctive position in pushing these decisions and in pursuing a Europe of several speeds. Against that background many European leftists set their hopes on the ability of the German left to turn public ...
read more "The German political left and the European austerity policies: Challenges and debates in the fourth year of the crisis"
read more "The German political left and the European austerity policies: Challenges and debates in the fourth year of the crisis"