BSW in Leipzig: Challenges and opportunities after the election boom!

BSW in Leipzig: Challenges and opportunities after the election boom!

The BSW (Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht) received almost 10% of the votes in the local elections in Leipzig a year ago, which represents a remarkable rise for the recently founded party. Loud LVZ is Eric Recke the BSW parliamentary group leader in the Leipzig City Council. In addition to Leipzig, the party has also achieved success in Saxony and Thuringia in local elections and in the European elections. In Thuringia, the BSW is part of the government, but there are internal conflicts, especially between Sahra Wagenknecht and Katja Wolf.

challenges and strategies

Despite the election sequence, the BSW faces numerous challenges. A central point of dispute is the demand for medium cuts for cultural institutions that met with great attention in the city. In addition, the party was excluded from the established parties SPD, left and the Greens in central decisions. This means that the BSW is often perceived as a "black box" by other city councils, since it often remains unclear how it will vote.

Cooperation with the other political groups is difficult and often depends on people. While some applications are supported by all parties, the BSW also often shines through abstentions. However, Recke sees a certain success in the fact that left -wing parties had to make concessions to the CDU, which would not have been possible without the BSW. Nevertheless, the search for majorities in the city council is difficult by positioning the BSW.

political goals and orientation

Sahra Wagenknecht, the head of the BSW, emphasizes the need for a reasonable policy in the three countries of Saxony, Thuringia and Brandenburg. It emphasizes that her party has a voting service to promote diplomatic solutions, especially in foreign policy. Wagenknecht also speaks against the planned deployment of US rockets in Germany, as in a report of the Deutschlandfunks documented.

The BSW has also set itself the task of developing its own content in various areas such as business, transport, construction, social affairs and peace. However, the political landscape in Saxony is inconsistent, especially within the CDU there is disagreements about possible cooperation with the BSW and SPD, while the SPD remains undecided in Thuringia.

In Brandenburg, on the other hand, the starting point could be better, since here above all a cooperation between the SPD and the BSW is in the room. The rise of the BSW and the associated challenges reflect the current political dynamics in Saxony. Around 3.3 million Saxons have recently chosen new municipal representatives, and the election results are accessible to interactive cards, such as mdr reported.