As of: March 15, 2024, 3:35 p.m
Comments
Press
Split
Katja Wolf (l) and Steffen Schütz, the new state chairwoman of their party, stand together after their election.
© Michael Reichel/dpa
A BSW regional association has been founded in Thuringia.
It is the second in Germany after Saxony.
Eisenach - The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) has founded a Thuringian regional association in Eisenach.
Local politician Katja Wolf and entrepreneur Steffen Schütz were elected as the two chairmen, as a spokesman announced on Friday after the founding meeting in Eisenach.
After the meeting, Wolf spoke of a “historic moment” and said she felt a “special spirit of optimism.”
“I’m looking forward to the task, I have incredible respect for the task,” she said.
Wolf is considered the most prominent move to BSW in Thuringia to date.
The 48-year-old is the mayor of Eisenach and was a member of the Left for more than 30 years before joining BSW.
A BSW regional association was founded in Saxony three weeks ago.
BSW wants to run in Thuringia in the local elections coming up in May, in the European elections and in the state elections.
New state parliaments will be elected in Thuringia and Saxony on September 1st, and in Brandenburg three weeks later.
Wolf had announced that she would like to run for the Thuringian state parliament.
BSW also considered government participation in Thuringia to be possible.
dpa