Overview
- Fabio De Masi and Amira Mohamed Ali were elected party co-chairs with 93.3% and 82.6% as the new, West‑German leadership faces questions about appeal in eastern states.
- Sahra Wagenknecht stepped down as chair and was chosen to head a newly formed Grundwertekommission, declaring she will remain a force in national politics.
- Delegates backed a plan to liberalize admissions so applicants join automatically after two months absent “weighty reasons,” pending a statutes change; the party reports 11,200 members and over 6,000 pending applications.
- The party scheduled a formal name change for 1 October 2026 to Bündnis Soziale Gerechtigkeit und Wirtschaftliche Vernunft.
- After missing the Bundestag threshold by roughly 9,500 votes and with no recount ordered, Wagenknecht alleges counting errors and plans to take the case to the Federal Constitutional Court.