Overview

• Delegates at the Thuringia congress in Ilmenau rejected a proposal by 50.8% to allow Christian Schaft to serve simultaneously as party chair and parliamentary group leader.
• Katja Maurer and Ralf Plötner were elected Thuringia’s new co-chairs with 91.4% and 81.9% support, replacing Christian Schaft and Ulrike Grosse-Röthig.
• Christian Schaft remains chairman of Die Linke’s parliamentary group in the Thuringian Landtag and has pledged to work closely with the incoming leadership.
• Since January, the Thuringian branch has added about 1,200 members—a 40% increase that brings its total to around 4,200.
• In Leipzig, Anja Eichhorn and Marco Böhme were chosen to lead the Saxony Left, which now boasts over 11,000 members and ranks as the state’s largest party by membership.