Uckermünde
The entire left-wing city council faction defects to Wagenknecht
Sahra Wagneknecht in front of a poster advertising her new alliance
© Kay Nietfeld / DPA
In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, a left-wing city council group has resigned to join Sahra Wagenknecht’s alliance.
A few weeks before the party was founded, the new “alliance” tried Sahra Wagenknecht”, to gain a foothold in the area. In Ueckermünde in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the six-member left-wing faction in the city council has collectively declared that they are leaving the party in order to switch to the new alliance, BSW state representative Sabine Zimmermann told the German Press Agency on Saturday In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania there are dozens of inquiries from people who want to join, said Zimmermann.
The long-time left-wing politician Sahra Wagenknecht left the party with nine members of the Bundestag in October in order to found a competing project. The “Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht,” initially organized as an association, is set to formally become a party on January 8th.