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

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Anja Koch
August 31, 2023

The most left-wing party in the German parliament is in trouble: one of its most prominent and controversial figures, Sahra Wagenknecht, is threatening to start her own political movement. This would leave the socialist Left Party in ruins.

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