Overview
- Party leaders have agreed to propose the new title “BSW – Bündnis Soziale Gerechtigkeit und Wirtschaftliche Vernunft”.
- The familiar BSW initialism would remain in use under the proposal.
- A party congress in Magdeburg in early December will make the final decision.
- Sahra Wagenknecht had previously said the founder-branded name was only a temporary recognition tool.
- Wagenknecht remains the party’s dominant figure, has not confirmed a new bid for chair, and the party says she would retain a “leading role” even if the name changes.