Has Germany’s Left Party Come Back from the Dead?

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Despite pronounced as “dead”, the German Left Party appears to be rising from the ashes, less than 10 days away from the election. In this video, we’re taking a look at how The Left is seemingly coming back, and why its resurgence could complicate the post-election coalition formation.

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Sources:

Die Linke background:
https://www.dw.com/en/spd-green-party-fdp-cdu-left-party-afd/a-38085900

Membership and polling boost:
https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/die-linke-erreicht-15-jahres-hoch-bei-mitgliederzahl-a-e5c793f0-d6c1-49f8-b8bb-c0284a68295b
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-far-left-party-record-membership-surge-election-die-linke/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2025_German_federal_election#Poll_results

Die Linke 2025 election platform:
https://www.die-linke.de/bundestagswahl-2025/wahlprogramm/
https://www.die-linke.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Wahlprogramm_Langfassung_Linke-BTW25_01.pdf ]

Die Linke strategy (incl viral TikTok):
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-left-party-2025-elections/a-71338903
https://meedia.de/news/beitrag/18643-wie-eine-bundestagsrede-die-linken-spitzenkandidatin-heidi-reichinnek-zum-social-media-star-gemacht-hat.html
https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/die-linke-erreicht-15-jahres-hoch-bei-mitgliederzahl-a-e5c793f0-d6c1-49f8-b8bb-c0284a68295b

Youth support:
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article255408344/Bundestagswahl-2025-Gruene-und-Linke-vorn-AfD-legt-zu-Bei-Jungwaehlern-zeichnet-sich-deutliche-Verschiebung-ab.html
https://www.stern.de/politik/deutschland/umfrage-vor-bundestagswahl–linke-und-gruene-bei-jungen-am-beliebtesten-35459408.html

Mission Silverlocks:
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-how-three-old-men-hope-to-save-the-left-party/a-70835635

Resurgence hasn’t healed all divisions:
https://jacobin.com/2025/02/die-linke-germany-renewal-strategy

5% threshold & coalition building:
https://www.politico.eu/article/german-elections-pro-friedrich-merz-leadership-vote-afd-industry-strength/
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-next-government-friedrich-merz-politics-eu-cdu-csu-afd-spd-greens-olaf-scholz/
https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/the-battle-for-5-that-will-shape-germanys-next-government/

00:00 – Introduction
01:23 – Background
02:23 – The Left’s Revival
03:08 – How and Why?
06:03 – Why it Matters
07:39 – Sponsored Content

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