In the 1990s Sahra Wagenknecht was a member of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), the successor to the government party in East Germany. The PDS later merged with the West German Labour & Social Alternative (WASG), as a response to the neoliberal reforms of the SPD-Green coalition under Gerhard Schröder, forming today's Die Linke [The Left].
Wagenknecht quickly rose to the top. She was elected with Die Linke to the European and the German parliaments, where she was chairwoman of ...
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Already a member? Login hereJohannes Fehr is vice-chair of the board of the German political party MERA25 in Germany and organising director of its parent group DiEM25 at the European level.
Johannes Fehr is vice-chair of the board of the German political party MERA25 in Germany and organising director of its parent group DiEM25 at the European level.