Overview

• The party invited members and supporters to email name suggestions through the end of August, according to a newsletter published Monday.
• Delegates will decide the new name at the federal party congress in December.
• The organization said it will keep the familiar BSW abbreviation after the change.
• WELT reports the founder's surname would be removed from the official name once the rename is adopted.
• The rebrand follows the party's 4.981% result in February, which fell short of the 5% Bundestag threshold after its split from Die Linke last year.