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Sahra Wagenknecht
BSW founder, head of its values commission
Former co-leader of the Left's group in the Bundestag, she founded the BSW in 2024, originally named after her, and led it until December 2025, when she moved to chair its basic values commission; on 1 October 2026 the party changed its name but kept the acronym.
«Left-wing economics with cultural conservatism: social justice, less immigration and peace with Russia.»
In short
On the traditional scale, Sahra Wagenknecht sits in the center-left camp. The clearest positions are on foreign policy: strongly towards “pacifism”; immigration: strongly towards “control”; economy: strongly towards “equality”; method: strongly towards “rupture”. On technology and devolution it stays balanced. Among ideologies, the closest is left-wing sovereigntism (92%).
Position on the 13 axes
Closest ideologies
Left-wing sovereigntismThe Sovereign Rebel92%Left-wing populismThe Voice of the Square85%Techno-populismThe Voice of the Web82%Closest parties in Europe
Bündnis Soziale Gerechtigkeit und Wirtschaftliche VernunftGermany99%
Democrazia Sovrana PopolareItaly93%
Smer – sociálna demokraciaSlovakia90%
ANOCzech Republic90%Similar figures
Positions are estimates based on documented ideas, platforms and actions, updated to October 2026.