After splitting off the alliance Sahra Wagenknecht: Left in Saxony stable

After the split of the "Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht", the party in Saxony presents itself stable so far. 30 party entries would be 20 - leaves, announced party leader Stefan Hartmann on Wednesday in Dresden. The consideration of some that whole circle federations could change to the "alliance Sahra Wagenknecht" did not materialize. One is far from having a profound problem, he said. "People will leave, even in the future. That's always the case." But the party can go into the election campaign stable and area-wide with the current structures.

According to co-chairwoman Susanne Schaper, the party nevertheless needs an analysis and must talk about the losses. One does not have now a button, which one can press and everything becomes again well. The mood in the party is connected with the feeling of a new beginning, but also with the relief that the hullabaloo now has an end.

Wagenknecht had communicated at the beginning of last week her resignation from the left and plans for the establishment of a new party. Initially, the association "Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht" is to collect donations for it. The foundation of the party is planned for January. According to Wagenknecht, the new party is to compete in the European elections in June 2024 and aims to participate in the state elections in Saxony, Thuringia and Brandenburg in September.

Schaper - just like Hartmann - wants to stand for re-election this weekend at a party conference in Chemnitz. The two want to lead the Saxon Left as top candidates in the state election campaign. After the local elections and the European elections in June 2024, the state elections will follow on September 1. According to Hartmann, the Left Party is aiming for a secure double-digit result. In the 2019 state election, they had come in at 10.4 percent. Hartmann basically sees a voter potential of 25 percent for his party. For the European election, the Saxon leftists want to run with the activist and captain Carola Rackete at the top.

Hartmann also commented on the question of how the leftists deal with a possible constellation after the state election. "We go quite clearly in an opposition election campaign (...) We do not intend in the approach to distribute bear or other skins in advance in any form." One does not see that the Saxon "Union in its current constitution is capable of being tolerated by us." In the latest election poll, the current coalition of CDU, Greens and SPD no longer had a majority.

The party conference in Chemnitz goes from Friday to Sunday. On Saturday, Thuringia's head of government Bodo Ramelow (Left) wants to speak to the 200 delegates. Saxony's Left Party currently has about 6100 members and is the third-largest state party after North Rhine-Westphalia and Berlin.