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BSW Opens Magdeburg Congress to Hand Off Leadership and Weigh Rebrand

The gathering follows a Bundestag committee’s refusal to order a nationwide recount, a decision the party says it will challenge at the Constitutional Court.

Sahra Wagenknecht an einem Sprechpult
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Overview

  • Founder Sahra Wagenknecht is giving up the chair and plans to lead a new values commission, with Fabio De Masi slated to take over alongside co-chair Amira Mohamed Ali and Oliver Ruhnert proposed as general secretary.
  • Delegates are set to vote on renaming the party to “Bündnis Soziale Gerechtigkeit und Wirtschaftliche Vernunft,” with a proposal to postpone the formal switch until autumn 2026 after key state elections.
  • The Wahlprüfungsausschuss rejected the BSW’s bid for a full recount of the February election, and the party vows to file in Karlsruhe following a plenary vote on December 18.
  • Internal tensions are shaping the meeting, with eastern branches protesting personnel picks and strategy, recent ruptures in Brandenburg, and a Sachsen-Anhalt dispute over whether to govern or stay in opposition.
  • The draft platform calls for ending weapons deliveries to Ukraine, rejecting conscription, importing Russian pipeline energy, a €15 minimum wage, wealth and tech taxes, and a rent cap, while leaders cite 11,200 members and pledge to ease admissions after earlier restrictions.