Germany: the left-wing sovereignist party against Greens, the EU, migrants and the USA is born. Truth or goalkeeper?

A prominent German radical left politician who questioned the green transition and blamed the West for Russia's war on Ukraine has left his party, Linke, to create a new one . The mainstream press hopes that the move will cost the AfD sovereignists votes.

Sahra Wagenknecht, the charismatic former co-leader of the far-left group Die Linke, said on Monday that the new association – which bears her name – will court disgruntled voters on the right and left, starting with next year's European Parliament elections. June.

“Many people no longer know who to vote for, or they vote for the right out of anger and desperation,” said Wagenknecht, 54. “Things can't continue like this. Otherwise we probably won't recognize our country in 10 years."

Polls suggest that, between the cost of living crisis, wars in Ukraine and the Middle East and growing discontent with the centre-left coalition led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the Bündnis (Alliance) Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) could win until at 20% of the national vote, i.e. slightly less than what the AfD achieved.

The founding points of the new movement are very harsh and apparently in contrast with those of the government or centrist forces:

• the green policies applied so far are not green, but have impoverished workers by making everything more expensive;
• uncontrolled migration is the basis of the worsening of the quality of life in working-class neighborhoods and, in general, of social deterioration;
• the war in Ukraine was caused by NATO and cut off a reliable and cheap energy source for Germany. The way out of the crisis is not military and aid to Kiev must be cut;
• on Covid policies, Wagenknecht has always been very critical of the choices made by the German government.

The first polls , very partial, give him double the Linke, with a drop in the AfD's votes, but not to the extent hoped for by the mainstream press:

In reality, the new party would steal points not only from the AfD, but also from all the left-wing parties, from the Greens to Finke to the SPD, and even the FDP. The number of discontented people in Germany is enormous and this fuels this political development. The most obvious impact of Wagenknecht's departure, together with nine other MPs, from Die Linke will likely be a further weakening of the party, which has long suffered from infighting and could fall below the necessary 5% vote threshold to enter the Bundestag.

Next year there are three elections in Germany, including the European elections. The BSW, which presents itself as a personalistic party, so much so that it takes its name from the leader, will certainly manage to get a good percentage of votes by focusing on the profound discontent that shakes German society. Currently BSW and AfD have managed to accumulate 30% of discontented people on the right or left and, united, would be the leading German party, and even with a certain margin over the CDU.

Will BSW truly be an anti-system party or will it be just another goalkeeper, "Goalkeeper", of the established power? everything will depend on his choices, but the danger that he will become a sort of sovereignist "Shoulder" for the SPD, in place of the now out-of-fashion Greens, is evident.

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