In a few weeks, the “Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht” wants to found a new party – and ideally run in several elections over the course of the year. But the hurdles are high.
According to chairwoman Amira Mohamed Ali, it is not yet clear whether the “Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance” will run in all state elections next year after the party was founded. According to initial surveys, a good performance in the elections in Saxony, Thuringia and Brandenburg is certainly possible, Mohamed Ali told the German Press Agency during a visit to her constituency in Oldenburg. “But to do this we have to establish regional associations, have a strong list of candidates and be able to finance a good election campaign.” It is questionable whether this will succeed in all three federal states.
For the development of the party, it is initially important to take part in the European elections in June. However, there was still a lack of donations for this, said the former parliamentary group leader of the Left in the Bundestag. The club has so far raised 1.2 million euros. “We can use the money to finance the founding, the first party conference and the first structures. That’s not enough for the European election campaign.” The alliance is hoping for further donations when the party is founded at the beginning of the year.
“Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht” is set to become a party in January
The long-time left-wing politician Sahra Wagenknecht left the party with nine members of the Bundestag in October in order to found a competing project. The “Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht,” initially organized as an association, is set to formally become a party on January 8th.
There is currently a large representation gap in parliaments, said Mohamed Ali. Many voters did not feel that their concerns and views were represented. The new party particularly wants to offer an alternative to people who vote right-wing in protest. The 43-year-old announced that a strategy was also being worked on to win over non-voters.
Wagenknecht had initially announced that he did not want to become chairman of the party himself and brought Mohamed Ali into the mix. Most recently, she expressed her willingness to lead her new party as part of a dual leadership. If Mohamed Ali is elected to lead the party together with Wagenknecht, she says she would like to campaign against privatization in the health system.
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New approaches are also needed in education and migration policy. “It is not a solution to rely solely on migration when it comes to the shortage of skilled workers,” said the MP from Oldenburg. In Germany there are tens of thousands of young people without a school leaving certificate. “We have to properly train children and young people who grow up here and qualify them for the job market. That should be our priority.”
Source: Stern
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