Meeting in Bochum: BSW organizes the party growth

One and a half years after the establishment of the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht party, a youth association is formed in Bochum today. The BSW tries to consolidate their organization and bind young people to themselves despite leaving the Bundestag. The association should be called “Youth Alliance in the BSW”.

In the Bundestag elections, the party was over average in voters between the ages of 18 and 34, said co-chair Amira Mohamed Ali before the founding meeting with around 150 registrations. “We are very happy that there are so many active young people in the BSW who now want to get involved in a youth association.”

Topic conscription and education

The BSW has the rejection of compulsory conscription and higher arms expenditure as topics for young. The boys would also have to remove the “gigantic debt”, said Mohamed Ali. At the same time, she called for investments in schools, the infrastructure and the economy.

Anyone who should lead the youth association was not known in advance. At the end of June, the BSW announced that they would found party structures nationwide and also accept many more members. The number of around 2,800 members at that time is expected to grow to 10,000 by the end of the year.

According to Mohamed Ali, the previous members have a age of 54, only every fifth member is under 40 years old. For comparison: According to which the BSW has split off, according to which the BSW has split off, almost 60 percent of all members are now 35 years or younger.

Preparation for the next elections

The BSW narrowly missed the move into the Bundestag in February. The party leadership has doubts about the official result of 4.981 percent of the second votes and tries to achieve a new count. At the same time, the party wants to consolidate the state elections next year, especially in Saxony-Anhalt, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin.