The former group leaders left, Dietmar Bartsch And Gregor Gysiare calling for a new start at the top of their party after the poor election results in the European and local elections. “I will say it very openly here: we need structural, political and personnel renewal,” Gysi said, referring to the Party conference left in October. “And if that doesn’t happen, but we think we’re going to continue like this, then we’ll remain at 2.7 percent. In other words, that would of course be a catastrophe.” Bartsch said: “The crucial question is really whether there is an alternative.”
Bartsch and Gysi Whether they would do it again next time remained unclear Federal elections to run for office. That has not yet been decided, according to Bartsch. Neither currently holds a position within the party, but are seen as important voices.
A candidacy is partly dependent on the decision of the Federal Constitutional Court on the right to vote, Gysi said. The 76-year-old won one of three direct mandates in the 2021 elections, allowing the left to enter the Bundestag with party strength through the so-called basic mandate clause. However, the traffic light coalition changed the electoral law and abolished this clause. The highest courts in Karlsruhe are currently examining whether this is legal.
The left is in deep crisis
Since 2022, the left has been led by the duo Janine Wissler And Martin Schirdewan accompanied. Since then, the left has been in deep crisis and has recently suffered a series of electoral defeats. The party was also in October Sahra Wagenknecht lost one of its most famous politicians. She founded that Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) and won 6.2 percent in the European elections – left reached only 2.7 percent in the elections.
Schirdewan recently made it clear that he is considering withdrawing from the party congress in October. “I will let you know in time whether I will participate again,” Schirdewan said last week Daily mirror. There can be no such thing as ‘business as usual’.
The former group leaders left, Dietmar Bartsch And Gregor Gysiare calling for a new start at the top of their party after the poor election results in the European and local elections. “I will say it very openly here: we need structural, political and personnel renewal,” Gysi said, referring to the Party conference left in October. “And if that doesn’t happen, but we think we’re going to continue like this, then we’ll remain at 2.7 percent. In other words, that would of course be a catastrophe.” Bartsch said: “The crucial question is really whether there is an alternative.”