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Unusual growth in membership of Saxony's Left Party

The Left Party logo is attached to a microphone at a party conference / Photo: Christoph Soeder/dpa/Symbolic image
The Left Party logo is attached to a microphone at a party conference / Photo: Christoph Soeder/dpa/Symbolic image

Saxony's Left Party recorded an unusual increase of 56 members over the past weekend as a result of calls by Carola Rackete during the federal party conference in Augsburg.

Saxony's Left Party has recorded an unusual increase in membership. Over the past weekend, 56 people joined the party in one fell swoop, said William Rambow, spokesman for the state association, when asked by the German Press Agency. He cited several calls, including from the Left Party's European candidate Carola Rackete, during the national party conference last Saturday in Augsburg, as the reason for this.

"This is an unusually large surge in party memberships," emphasized Rambow. From the beginning of the year to mid-October, there were 89 new members joining the Saxony state association.

The Berlin Left Party has recorded a mass influx of members. On Monday, 269 people joined the party in one fell swoop, state managing director Sebastian Koch announced.

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