Thuringia's ex-BSW boss Katja Wolf is planning to found a new party
After leaving the BSW, Katja Wolf aims to quickly found a party, while the former faction breaks up into different groups.
Quick Look
- The former Thuringian BSW boss Katja Wolf is planning to found a new company by October after leaving the party.
- Together with other breakaways, including Steffen Schütz, she regrouped, while the BSW faction in the state parliament split into several groups.
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Why It Matters
Katja Wolf and other MPs have left the BSW. This led to the cancellation of a special party conference and the fragmentation of the previous BSW parliamentary group in the Thuringian state parliament.
Thuringia's previous BSW boss Katja Wolf is planning to found a new party after leaving the Wagenknecht party. "We have to set up a company as quickly as possible. According to the deadlines, we should be able to do it in October," Wolf told the German Press Agency.
Other former BSW members in Thuringia, including Infrastructure Minister Steffen Schütz, also expect a new party to be founded. Wolf and Schütz left the BSW along with others.
According to the plans that have become known so far, there could be three splits from the previous BSW parliamentary group in the future: a parliamentary group with a name that has not yet been determined with ten members, three ex-BSW members as a parliamentary group and the remaining two BSW members as non-attached MPs.
An internal meeting of representatives of the former Thuringian BSW leadership with party members and sympathizers is planned for late Sunday afternoon in Weimar. When asked, Wolf and Schütz explained that it was not about preparing for the planned founding of a party. Rather, questions should be answered as to why the majority of former BSW MPs left the party on Friday and why a special party conference planned for Sunday was canceled, explained Schütz. “We have to explain all of this.”
According to a spokeswoman, the twelve remaining members of the parliamentary group have been invited to a parliamentary group meeting in the state parliament this Monday. It remains to be seen whether decisions on the future of the group will be made at the meeting.
What to Watch
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New party founded by October
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Open Questions
- What will the new party be called?
- What impact does the faction split have on parliamentary work?
