Overview
- Spiegel, corroborated by dpa, reports the party is preparing for a possible handover from Sahra Wagenknecht and considering a new double leadership to be decided at an early December congress.
- Wagenknecht calls withdrawal reports “nonsense” and says she will remain in a leading role, though she has not specified which position she will hold.
- The BSW says it will present its future leadership on Monday, with confidants noting internal discussions are still underway.
- The leadership proposes renaming the long form to “Bündnis Soziale Gerechtigkeit und Wirtschaftliche Vernunft” while keeping the BSW acronym, with a two‑thirds vote required at the Magdeburg congress; Thuringia’s Katja Wolf prefers a later change but backs Wagenknecht in a leadership role.
- The party is pressing a recount request at the Bundestag’s election‑scrutiny committee that could alter parliamentary numbers and endanger Chancellor Merz’s majority, with timing uncertain and a potential constitutional appeal pledged if the bid fails.