Overview
- The presidium and board proposed renaming the party "Bündnis Soziale Gerechtigkeit und Wirtschaftliche Vernunft" while retaining the BSW abbreviation.
- A party spokesman confirmed the internal agreement to RND after dpa first reported it from party circles.
- Sahra Wagenknecht has not said whether she will stand again as chair, though the party says she will keep a leading role.
- Party committees are negotiating a new leadership slate, with the future of co-chair Amira Mohamed Ali and other potential figures still unsettled.
- The party, previously titled "BSW – Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht – Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit," counts about 5,000 members and recently missed the federal 5% threshold after gains in 2024 EU and eastern state races.