Wagenknecht party founds regional association with dual leadership. It is the second in Germany after Saxony.
New state parliaments will be elected in Thuringia and Saxony on September 1st, and in Brandenburg three weeks later. BSW wants to run in Thurringia in the local elections coming up in May, in the European elections and in the state elections. New chairmen are local politician Katja Wolf and entrepreneur Steffen Schütz.