Janine Wissler remains Federal Chairwoman of the Left. The 41-year-old, who was controversial because of a series of electoral slip-ups and inter-party quarrels, received the absolute majority of the votes cast at the federal party conference in Erfurt on Saturday.
Wissler was controversial after a series of defeats in federal and state elections as well as internal trench warfare. However, in the first ballot, she prevailed against two other candidates for the place in the dual leadership that was intended for women. She received around 57.5 percent of the votes.
With a combative speech at the beginning of the party conference, in which she acknowledged mistakes and campaigned for a renewal of the party, she was apparently able to convince many delegates. Wissler has only been at the top of the left since February 2021. Her co-chair, Susanne-Hennig Wellsow, resigned in April.
In Erfurt, the Left also wants to determine its highly controversial position on Russia and its war of aggression in Ukraine.