A new state parliament will be elected in September in three eastern German states. The new Sahra Wagenknecht alliance has double-digit results in surveys. However, the Chancellor cannot imagine working with his SPD.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz cannot imagine government cooperation between his SPD and the Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW). “There is absolutely nothing to be said for that,” Scholz told the Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung. “The BSW has no suggestions for a better future in the countries and no plan for where Germany should head. That’s why, in my opinion, such mental games are out of the question.”
Asked specifically whether he thought state governments with the participation of the BSW and SPD were conceivable after the elections in several eastern German federal states in September, Scholz said: “No, that is beyond my imagination.”
Elections in Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg
The former left-wing politician Sahra Wagenknecht and her colleagues founded the party in January. The BSW wants to run in the European elections in June and in the three state elections in Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg in September.
According to surveys, the AfD is currently in the lead in the federal states. The BSW therefore comes to double-digit values. Nationwide, the Wagenknecht party is at five percent or even slightly higher.
Eva Ellermann, ARD Berlin, tagesschau, March 28, 2024 7:26 a.m