Overview
- Delegates elected Fabio De Masi with 93.3 percent and confirmed Amira Mohamed Ali with 82.6 percent as co-chairs as Sahra Wagenknecht moved to lead a new Grundwertekommission.
- Members approved renaming the party to Bündnis Soziale Gerechtigkeit und Wirtschaftliche Vernunft from October 1, 2026, retaining the BSW abbreviation.
- A core motion was adopted calling for an end to military support for Ukraine, no conscription, imports of Russian pipeline gas, a nationwide rent cap, a €15 minimum wage, scrapping the CO2 price, and reversing the combustion-engine phaseout.
- After the Bundestag’s election committee rejected a recount, BSW says it will appeal to the Federal Constitutional Court, with a plenary vote on the committee recommendation scheduled for December 18.
- Internal disputes in state branches over leadership style and coalition strategy continue as national polling hovers around 3–4 percent and the party reports about 11,200 members with plans to speed up admissions.