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The Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) was founded in 2024 by Sahra Wagenknecht after she had previously been a long-time politician on the left and chairwoman of the left-wing faction in the Bundestag. The party initially used its name to establish itself in the political space.
Sahra Wagenknecht's name disappears from the party name: The Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) will officially appear under a new name from October 1st. The abbreviation remains.
The party will now be called the “Alliance of Social Justice and Economic Reason”. The renaming was decided on in December 2025. However, the BSW waited before implementing it due to the advertising impact of the name Wagenknecht in the state election campaigns at the time.
»The older ones will remember: Raider is now called Twix. “Otherwise nothing will change,” the party commented on the renaming. “It’s very similar at BSW.”
New name, old abbreviation
General Secretary Oliver Ruhnert said that the name of the party founder was only intended as a temporary solution from the beginning. "We used the name and popularity of our party founder to highlight our political profile and to be recognized as a new force in the party jungle," said Ruhnert. The abbreviation BSW has now become established.
According to the party, hundreds of suggestions were received for the new long version of the abbreviation. In the end, a party conference decided in favor of the “Alliance of Social Justice and Economic Reason”.
Wagenknecht founded the party in 2024. Previously, she was a long-time left-wing politician and chairwoman of the left-wing parliamentary group in the Bundestag.
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