Sahra Wagenknecht | The European Conservative

Leader of the left-wing populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) Sahra Wagenknecht speaks during a debate at the Bundestag in Berlin on March 13, 2025.

Wagenknecht: German AfD Firewall “Completely Idiotic”

TEC News June 3, 2026

The left-wing leader has called out the cordon sanitaire by parties working together to exclude the poll-leading national conservative party.

AfD Brandenburg leader Hans-Christoph Berndt at a press conference in Berlin in 2023

AfD Demands New Elections After Brandenburg Government Collapses

TEC News January 6, 2026

The local AfD leader called the state government “simply incapable and inadequate.”

Bundestag Rejects Votes Recount, BSW Turns to Constitutional Court

TEC News December 19, 2025

In the German Parliament’s roll-call vote, 426 deputies rejected the recount, 129 voted in favor—with only the AfD faction supporting BSW’s motion.

BSW Goes to Court After Recount Rejected

Nick Hallett December 5, 2025

The party says only the Constitutional Court can now clarify the disputed result.

Sahra Wagenknecht (R), co-founder and co-leader of the left-wing populist party Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), and BSW member Fabio de Masi (L) address a press conference on their party’s future, on November 10, 2025 in Berlin.

Germany Vote Recount: BSW Loses Bid After Missing Parliamentary Threshold by 0.019%

TEC News November 28, 2025

The left-wing nationalist party is now escalating its election challenge to Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court.

AfD Backing Wagenknecht’s Call for German Federal Election Recount

TEC News November 26, 2025

After 4,277 additional BSW votes were ‘found’, the party’s demand for a recount gained momentum.

Germany Prepares Ruling on Disputed Election as Recount Support Rises

Rebeka Kis November 21, 2025

A draft decision on BSW’s challenge is now being prepared, with a key closed-door meeting expected in December.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier gives a speech on the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 at the Bellevue Palace in Berlin on November 9, 2025.

Even Non-AfD Officials Agree Steinmeier’s Allusion to a Ban Is Ridiculous

Michael Curzon November 11, 2025

The federal president was trying to damage the AfD, but is likely to have bolstered the party’s support instead.

Sahra Wagenknecht on February 3, 2025 in Munich

Sahra Wagenknecht Steps Down as BSW Chair

Rebeka Kis November 10, 2025

Wagenknecht intends to focus on substantive work within the party and will establish a new commission on fundamental values.

German Populist Demands Zelensky Testify on Nord Stream Sabotage

TEC News August 22, 2025

Germany’s BSW leader calls for the Bundestag to hear from the Ukrainian president, about the underwater detonation she asserts could only have taken place with his consent.

Tag: Sahra Wagenknecht

Wagenknecht: German AfD Firewall “Completely Idiotic”

AfD Demands New Elections After Brandenburg Government Collapses

Bundestag Rejects Votes Recount, BSW Turns to Constitutional Court

BSW Goes to Court After Recount Rejected

Germany Vote Recount: BSW Loses Bid After Missing Parliamentary Threshold by 0.019%

AfD Backing Wagenknecht’s Call for German Federal Election Recount

Germany Prepares Ruling on Disputed Election as Recount Support Rises

Even Non-AfD Officials Agree Steinmeier’s Allusion to a Ban Is Ridiculous

Sahra Wagenknecht Steps Down as BSW Chair

German Populist Demands Zelensky Testify on Nord Stream Sabotage

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