Thuringia's Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow criticized his left-wing party's big-city view after the federal election.
“My party did stupid things,” he told the “Leipziger Volkszeitung” (Wednesday edition).
As examples, Ramelow cited the billboarding of the rent cover in rural areas and the demand for free local transport in regions where there are hardly any buses.
Leipzig / Erfurt - "People are laughing at each other."
The party must now speak openly and honestly about the orientation, demanded Ramelow.
The left won 4.9 percent of the vote in the federal election on September 26th.
Entry into the Bundestag was only possible through three direct mandates that had been won in Leipzig and Berlin.
dpa