Die Linke did well because their pro-Ruasian faction left, allowing them to present a more coherent platform. The pro Russian faction missed the 5% cutoff.
Die Linke did well because their pro-Ruasian faction left, allowing them to present a more coherent platform. The pro Russian faction missed the 5% cutoff.
You all are wrong. The major difference between Wagenknecht's party and Die Linke is that Die Linke is the most pro-immigration party in Germany, whereas the Wagenknecht party is demogagically xenophobic. Their pro-Russian policies are identical. Look up their platforms.
Reading into it a little more, I would say that Die Linke has a nuanced (or inconstant) position on Russia, while BSW is unabashedly pro-Ruasian, but you're right that Linke is less anti-Russia than I thought.
Calling for Europe to be in an alliance with Russia and cutting off any support for Ukraine as it fights against a murderous aggressor is pro-Russian. I sincerely hope those are not positions you share, because support for a kleptocracratic imperialist despotism is not at all socialist or genuinely leftist.
The left-right distinction only matters within governments that are at least somewhat democratic and accountable. It's meaningless within gangster governments.
Die Linke did well because their pro-Ruasian faction left, allowing them to present a more coherent platform. The pro Russian faction missed the 5% cutoff.
You all are wrong. The major difference between Wagenknecht's party and Die Linke is that Die Linke is the most pro-immigration party in Germany, whereas the Wagenknecht party is demogagically xenophobic. Their pro-Russian policies are identical. Look up their platforms.
Reading into it a little more, I would say that Die Linke has a nuanced (or inconstant) position on Russia, while BSW is unabashedly pro-Ruasian, but you're right that Linke is less anti-Russia than I thought.
Anti-Russia? They want a European alliance that includes Russia! And they would of course cut off support for Ukraine.
BSW also is more conservative on some social issues. Calling for a peaceful resolution with Russia doesnтАЩt necessarily make them тАЬpro-Russian.тАЭ
Calling for Europe to be in an alliance with Russia and cutting off any support for Ukraine as it fights against a murderous aggressor is pro-Russian. I sincerely hope those are not positions you share, because support for a kleptocracratic imperialist despotism is not at all socialist or genuinely leftist.
The left-right distinction only matters within governments that are at least somewhat democratic and accountable. It's meaningless within gangster governments.