Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance
Political party in Germany
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| 2025 | The BSW anticipates potential political consequences in the federal election, criticizing the constitutional court protection amendment as 'undemocratic'. |
| 2024 | Sahra Wagenknecht offered a potential coalition government to the CDU for the state elections in Saxony, Thuringia, and Brandenburg, contingent on no majority being possible without the AfD. |
| 2024 | Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance participated in the European Parliament election with Fabio de Masi as the list leader, securing 2,453,652 votes (6.17% of the total), which resulted in a new representation in the Non-Inscrits (NI) group. |
| 2024 | Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) was announced, causing concern among the Brandenburg branch of Alternative for Germany (AfD) about potential vote loss in the upcoming September 2024 Brandenburg state election. |
| 2024 | Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance achieved notable election results in multiple German states, including 13.5% in Berlin, 11.8% in Saxony-Anhalt, and 15.8% in Thuringia during state elections. |
| December 2024 | Wagenknecht declared that she condemns the war in Ukraine and considers politicians who start wars, including Vladimir Putin, to be criminals. |
| December 2024 | The Bundestag voted to incorporate the Federal Constitutional Court's structure (16 judges and two senates) into the basic law, with all parties except the AfD and BSW supporting the measure. |
| December 11 2024 | Dietmar Woidke formed the Woidke IV Cabinet in Brandenburg, creating the first nationwide red-purple coalition with the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW). |
| November 16 2024 | The Bavaria state branch of the BSW is established with 80 initial members. |
| October 20 2024 | The Baden-Württemberg state branch of the BSW is founded with 54 initial members. |
| October 12 2024 | The Hesse state branch of the BSW is established. |
| September 2024 | The BSW wins between 11% and 16% of votes in three eastern state elections in Saxony, Thuringia, and Brandenburg, and becomes part of governing coalitions in Thuringia and Brandenburg. |
| September 22 2024 | The Rhineland-Palatinate state branch of the BSW is founded with 55 initial members. |
| September 22 2024 | BSW participated in Landtag elections in Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia, with 13 candidates elected to the Brandenburg state parliament despite being largely unknown. |
| September 16 2024 | The Lower Saxony state branch of the BSW is established with 62 initial members. |
| September 14 2024 | The Bremen state branch of the BSW is founded with 24 initial members. |
| September 7 2024 | The North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony-Anhalt state branches of the BSW are established, with 113 and 46 initial members respectively. |
| August 2024 | Sahra Wagenknecht gave an interview addressing the Israel-Hamas war, criticizing the destruction in Gaza while affirming Israel's right to exist and defend itself against Hamas, and calling for a ceasefire. |
| July 14 2024 | The Berlin state branch of the BSW is founded with 81 initial members. |
| June 2024 | The party wins 6.1% of votes in the European Parliament elections. |
| June 2024 | Wagenknecht defended the absence of BSW MPs from a speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the German Federal Parliament, describing the war in Ukraine as a 'proxy war' between NATO and Russia. |
| May 2024 | The BSW contests its first elections. |
| May 25 2024 | The Brandenburg state branch of the BSW is established with 40 initial members. |
| March 2024 | The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) has 17,000 registered supporters, 8,000 membership applications, and 500 full members as of this month. |
| March 22 2024 | The Saarland state branch of the BSW is established with 24 initial members. |
| March 15 2024 | The Thuringia state branch of the BSW is founded with 80 initial members. |
| February 2024 | Wagenknecht commented on the death of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, stating it was shocking and that Navalny was a victim of Russia's autocratic system. |
| February 2024 | The first party executive is elected, with Sahra Wagenknecht and Amira Mohamed Ali as party leaders. |
| February 2024 | The BSW forms a parliamentary group in the Bundestag. |
| February 24 2024 | The Saxony state branch of the BSW is founded with 60 initial members. |
| January 2024 | In Thuringia, the BSW performed strongly in the state parliamentary election, gaining 15.8% of votes and 15 seats, establishing itself as the third-largest party. |
| January 2024 | In Saxony, the BSW achieved 11.8% of votes and 15 seats in the state parliamentary election, positioning itself as the third-largest party. |
| January 2024 | The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) participated in state parliamentary elections in Brandenburg, securing 13.5% of votes and 14 seats, emerging as the third-largest party. |
| January 27 2024 | First party conference held, inviting 450 founding members. The party elected its executive committee and drafted a program for the 2024 European Parliament election, which included criticisms of the EU and demands for more national decision-making power and migration restrictions. |
| January 8 2024 | The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) is officially founded, with Wagenknecht and Mohamed Ali as its leaders. |
| January 8 2024 | Official founding of the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) with a two-hour press conference. The party launched its first website, published its party manifesto, and named lead candidates for the 2024 European Parliament election. |
| January 8 2024 | University of Potsdam developed and released the BSW-O-Mat, a political test based on the party's first manifesto. |
| December 11 2023 | The Wagenknecht Group was constituted in the Bundestag, with Sahra Wagenknecht elected as chair, Klaus Ernst as deputy chair, and Jessica Tatti as parliamentary managing director. |
| December 1 2023 | Announcement of the first party conference to be held on 27 January 2024. Ralph Suikat revealed the party had received 1.4 million Euros in donations, with 90% from small donations and only 12,000 € from non-EU foreign countries. |
| October 2023 | Polls suggest Sahra Wagenknecht's new party (BSW) could potentially win up to 20% of the national vote if an election were to be held in October 2023. |
| October 2023 | Wagenknecht commented on Hamas's attack on Israel, acknowledging it as a 'terrible attack' while simultaneously critiquing the subsequent military response in Gaza. |
| October 2023 | Over fifty members of The Left submitted an application for Sahra Wagenknecht's exclusion from the party to prevent her from building a new political party. |
| October 8 2023 | During the Hessian and Bavarian state elections, The Left fails to reach the 5% electoral threshold, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) gains significant support. This electoral outcome prompts Wagenknecht to argue for a new left-wing populist party that could compete with the AfD while respecting the German constitution. |
| September 2023 | Sahra Wagenknecht and key party members (Amira Mohamed Ali, Christian Leye, Lukas Schön) announce their intention to form a new political party, splitting from The Left (Die Linke). |
| September 26 2023 | The association BSW – Für Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit e.V. was officially registered in the association register at the district court in Mannheim. |
| 2021 | Speculation begins about Wagenknecht potentially leaving The Left party due to conflicts over German refugee policy, COVID-19 vaccination, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| 2019 | Wagenknecht steps down as co-leader of The Left party after four years in the leadership role. |
| 2015 | Sahra Wagenknecht becomes co-leader of The Left political party, a position she would hold until 2019. |
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