Wagenknecht is ready to chair the new party after all
When asked whether she would be part of a dual leadership, Wagenkecht replied "Yes." Until now, Wagenknecht had spoken out against taking over the leadership of her party, which is to be founded in January. She had proposed Amira Mohamed Ali, who had once succeeded her as parliamentary group leader of the Left Party in the Bundestag.
The new party is expected to be founded on January 8, with the first party conference planned for January 27 in Berlin. In an interview with the"FAZ" newspaper, Wagenknecht made it clear with regard to her new party that not everyone who wanted to could become a party member straight away.
"We want to get to know our members first," she said. Young parties "unfortunately also attract difficult people", she continued. "That's why we have to be careful about who joins the party." The party will start "with several hundred members". There are people in every country who are responsible for building the party. With regard to the question of whether previous party membership in the AfD was an obstacle, Wagenknecht said that there would be no direct transfer.
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Source: www.stern.de
