The Left Party (Germany)
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The Left
Die Linke |
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| Chairperson |
Katja Kipping Bernd Riexinger |
| Founded | 16 June 2007 |
| Merger of |
PDS WASG |
| Headquarters |
Karl-Liebknecht-Haus Kl. Alexanderstraße 28 D-10178 Berlin |
| Newspaper | Neues Deutschland |
| Think tank | Rosa Luxemburg Foundation |
| Student wing | Die Linke.SDS |
| Youth wing | Left Youth Solid |
| Membership (December 2015) |
 58,910 |
| Ideology |
Democratic socialism Left-wing populism Anti-capitalism Antimilitarism |
| Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
| European affiliation | Party of the European Left |
| International affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group | European United Left–Nordic Green Left |
| Colors |
Red (official) Purple (customary) |
| Bundestag |
69 / 709
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| State Parliaments |
157 / 1,821
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| European Parliament |
7 / 96
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| Prime Ministers of States |
1 / 16
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| Website | |
| www |
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The Left (German: Die Linke), also commonly referred to as the Left Party (German pronunciation: [diː ˈlɪŋkspaʁˌtaɪ̯] (
listen)), is a democratic socialist and left-wing populistpolitical party in Germany. The party was founded in 2007 as the merger of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) and the Electoral Alternative for Labour and Social Justice (WASG).
Since mid-2012, its co-chairs have been Katja Kipping and Bernd Riexinger. In the Bundestag the party has 64 out of 630 seats after polling 8.6% of the vote in the 2013 federal elections and, after the Social Democrats and Conservatives formed a coalition government, became leader of the opposition. Its parliamentary group is the fifth largest among the six groups in the German Bundestag, ahead of the Greens. The Left is a founding member of the Party of the European Left, and is the largest party in the European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) group in the European Parliament.
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