Overview

• Party leaders said they will file motions in the coming weeks opposing cuts and sanctions to welfare, with proposals on pensions, minimum income and the minimum wage.
• The faction outlined housing and cost‑of‑living measures, including Bundestag motions for a rent cap, an expanded tenant app to contest overcharging and VAT reductions for food and public transport tickets.
• Planned health and care reforms would broaden the contributor base by requiring entrepreneurs and self‑employed workers to pay into the systems.
• Delegates backed a motion to abolish conscription and to remove the constitutional provision that permits compulsory military service.
• Die Linke is coupling its legislative drive with a call for federal and state takeover of roughly €31 billion in municipal debts, highlighting Gelsenkirchen’s €1.2 billion burden ahead of local elections in North Rhine‑Westphalia.