Overview
- Sahra Wagenknecht says reports of her stepping back are wrong and confirms she will stay in a leading role, with her plans to be announced on November 10.
- BSW’s leadership proposes renaming the party to “Bündnis Soziale Gerechtigkeit und Wirtschaftliche Vernunft,” retaining the BSW acronym, with delegates to decide at the early December congress in Magdeburg.
- Rhineland-Palatinate leaders submit a competing rebrand, “Bürger schaffen Wandel – Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit,” reflecting internal disagreement over the party’s future identity.
- A power struggle in BSW Sachsen-Anhalt intensifies as three local branches seek a special party congress to remove much of the state board, exposing fractures over direction and control.
- Substantive rifts in Sachsen-Anhalt include how to handle the AfD, with state leaders rejecting cooperation and an anti-AfD bloc, while the treasurer has floated working with CDU and SPD to block an AfD-led government; nationally, BSW polls at 4 percent (Insa).