Overview

• The leadership told members in a newsletter that a new name will be decided at the federal party congress in December while the BSW abbreviation remains.
• Members were invited to email proposed names through the end of August.
• Sahra Wagenknecht proposed “Bündnis für Sicherheit und Wohlstand” as a possible new name.
• BSW was founded in 2024 after a split from Die Linke and won 4.981% in February, short of the five-percent hurdle for Bundestag entry.
• Reporting highlights tensions between Wagenknecht’s central role and pragmatic state leaders such as Katja Wolf, as social media circulates satirical name ideas.