Left Party leaders Wissler and Schirdewan announce their withdrawal

Die Presse

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The Wagenknecht coalition is putting the German Left Party under great pressure, with the leadership duo Janine Wissler and Martin Schirdewan throwing in the towel before the party conference in October.

Zeit Online

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Janine Wissler and Martin Schirdewan are doing the only right thing and stepping down as left-wing bosses. Your party is thus in shambles ahead of the elections in the East.

Neue Zürcher Zeitung

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In the biggest crisis in the party's history, Janine Wissler and Martin Schirdewan no longer want to run for the chairmanship. According to polls, the Left Party is in danger of falling into insignificance.

stern.de

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First the division of the party, then the EU election setback: The left-wing federal chairmen Martin Schirdewan and Janine Wissler announce their withdrawal. They are not sparing on (self) criticism. Left chairmen Janine Wissler and Martin Schirdewan have announced their withdrawal. They will no longer run for office at the party conference in Halle in October, as the two politicians announced in statements published on the party's website. They…

Deutschlandfunk

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The two co-chairmen of the Left Party, Wissler and Schirdewan, have announced their resignation. Neither of them wanted to run for the chairmanship again at the party conference in October, they wrote in separate statements. The party leadership had previously declared in a key motion that the Left Party was in a "dangerous, existentially threatening situation".

TAZ

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The party leaders no longer want to continue. Two months before their federal party conference, the Left must look for a new leadership. more...