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Linke
The Left (Die Linke) is a German democratic-socialist party founded on 16 June 2007 by the merger of the Party of Democratic Socialism and the Labour and Social Justice party.
- Website
- die-linke.de
Left · Where sources place the party
Wikipedia: left wing; BBC and Guardian have called it far-left
Ideology: democratic socialism
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Co-led since 2026 by Ines Schwerdtner and Luigi Pantisano, it won 8.8% and 64 seats in the 2025 federal election and 8 of 83 seats in Saxony-Anhalt in 2026. It is named in the question of which parties join the next Saxony-Anhalt government.
History
Die Linke was established on 16 June 2007 through the merger of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), itself descended from East Germany's Socialist Unity Party, and the Labour and Social Justice party. As of June 2026 it is co-chaired by Ines Schwerdtner and Luigi Pantisano, with Heidi Reichinnek and Sören Pellmann leading its Bundestag group. In the 2025 federal election it won 8.8% and 64 seats, its best result since 2017. In the 2026 Saxony-Anhalt election it won 8 of 83 seats.
Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia · Wikipedia
Which parties will be in the Sachsen-Anhalt state government?
| Outcome | Left – Right | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| AfD | 73% | |
| BSW | Left | 12% |
| Linke | Left | 10% |
| SPD | 9% | |
| CDU | 8% | |
| Grüne | Centre-left | 5% |
| FDP | 4% |