BSW: "It's all about ideology": Thuringia shows how Wagenknecht's power is dwindling
Sahra Wagenknecht wanted to force Thuringia's BSW into line - and failed. Now the power struggle threatens to escalate, while the party increasingly alienates itself from its founder.
Sahra Wagenknecht, founder of the German party BSW, has long been at odds with the party's Thuringian state association, led by Katja Wolf. The state association had successfully entered a government with CDU and SPD after the 2024 state election, winning 15.8% of the vote. Despite the government's relatively smooth operation, with Wolf serving as deputy minister-president and finance minister, Wagenknecht saw this as a threat to the party's core identity as a vocal opposition force.
Wagenknecht had viewed the government's participation as a " Betriebsunfall" or accident that compromised the party's brand.
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