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Gregor Gysi
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Gregor Gysi

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Gregor Gysi is a trained attorney and veteran politician of Germany's socialist Left Party.

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November 14, 2023

Germany: Left Party to disband parliamentary faction

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Reports & Analysis

Activist Carola Rackete (left) and party co-chair Martin Schirdewan holding flowers, smiling

Germany's socialist Left Party fights for survival

Germany's socialist Left Party fights for survival

The post-communist Left Party is trying to reinvent itself as a viable political force in today's Germany.
PoliticsNovember 20, 2023
Leftist politician Sahra Wagenknecht arrives to present her BSW ("Buendnis Sahra Wagenknecht") political alliance to the media on October 23, 2023 in Berlin

Germany's new far-left party could challenge far-right AfD

Germany's new far-left party could challenge far-right AfD

Sahra Wagenknecht is threatening to form a new far-left party. Analysts say the far-right AfD should be worried.
PoliticsOctober 23, 2023
Sahra Wagenknecht, her dark hair up and wearing pendant earrings, against a red background

Is Germany's Left Party on the brink of collapse?

Is Germany's Left Party on the brink of collapse?

The socialist Left Party is in trouble: one of its most prominent figures wants to start her own political movement.
PoliticsAugust 31, 202301:41 min
Björn Höcke having powder applied to his upper lip in preparation of a TV interview

AfD: German voters shift toward far right

AfD: German voters shift toward far right

The AfD continues to gain ground in opinion polls as support for ending the taboo on cooperating with it is growing.
PoliticsAugust 4, 2023
Boris Palmer holding his mouth

The rogues' gallery of German politics

The rogues' gallery of German politics

Here's the DW gallery of political rogues that have caused their party leaders the biggest headaches.
PoliticsMay 2, 20235 images
Alice Schwarzer, women's rights activist, and Sahra Wagenknecht (Die Linke), stand on stage at the demonstration.

Germany: Left Party, Wagenknecht clash after 'peace' rally

Germany: Left Party, Wagenknecht clash after 'peace' rally

The Left Party and Sahra Wagenknecht continued trading blows after her contentious weekend "peace" rally in Berlin.
PoliticsFebruary 27, 2023
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In the spotlight

torches illuminated the Left Party and the SPD's red logos and the Greens' green logo

Could Germany soon have a left-wing government?

Chancellor Merkel's CDU is flagging in the polls — and conjuring up the threat of a far-left takeover. Rightly so?
PoliticsSeptember 24, 2021
Coal power plant Neurath

German parties pledge to confront climate change — or not

The fight against climate change is one of the German voters' main topics of concern at election time.
PoliticsSeptember 23, 2021
Four heads. upper: Sahra Wagenknecht (l),Thilo Sarazzin, lower: Boris Palmer (l), Hans-Georg Maaßen,

Germany's unruliest political rogues

All German political parties have a politician who annoys party leaders by making outrageous statements.
PoliticsJuly 6, 2021
Angela Merkel waving

Germans want political continuity

In less than one hundred days, Germans will vote for a new parliament.
PoliticsJuly 1, 2021
Deutschland Bundestag

A guide to Germany's possible coalitions

Coalition negotiations are the vital beginning of every legislative period. So what options are there?
PoliticsMay 17, 2021
A pair of hands slides a ballot into a box sealed with an orange lock

Untangling the German election process

DW breaks down the ins-and-outs of the Bundestag election as Germany heads to the polls on September 26.
PoliticsApril 19, 2021