Germany: a left-wing anti-immigration movement wants to supplant the far right
Just like Jean-Luc Mélenchon in his early days, TV star Sahra Wagenknecht is playing on his notoriety to launch a new left-wing party in Germany. Armored in her flamboyantly colored suit and strict Simone Veil-style bun which are now her trademark, she announced on Monday the creation of a movement in her name “Sahra Wagenknecht – for reason and justice”.
With a resolutely conservative discourse on immigration and very left-wing economically, she is keen to fill a "democratic deficit", explained Monday the former leader of Die Linke, the party which notably took over the legacy of the East German communists.
Nearly 30% of far-right voters
Its ambition is to offer “a serious address” to all those who “no longer feel represented by any party and vote in desperation for the AfD”. They are now more than 20% according to polls, thus ahead of supporters of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's party, the SPD.
His speech on immigration clearly leans in this direction. Germany does not lack manpower because there are no young people, “but because the education system leaves too many behind,” she insisted on Monday. The solution is therefore not to open the borders more quickly, she continues. The maneuver seems to hit the mark since 30% of AfD voters would be ready to vote for it. It also aims beyond, since 73% of SPD voters and 60% of Green voters think that more border controls are needed.
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