Party founder Sahra Wagenknecht wants to closely coordinate the BSW's talks on possible government participation in Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg. She told Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND) that it is important that the negotiations in the three states are coordinated. "If we give up an important demand in one state, it will be difficult for us to push it through in the other states. In order to have a strong negotiating position, we have to act in a coordinated manner," she said. "And of course we will also decide in a coordinated manner in the end: Is it enough or not enough?" This is a key question for the party as a whole.
Wagenknecht also threatened to break off the talks if the CDU and SPD were unwilling to compromise. "If the others don't really want to move, then our voters' mandate is to be in opposition," she said, "because we were elected for change and we will not betray our voters." Commenting on the talks so far, Wagenknecht said: "In Saxony and Thuringia, you can already say that it is often more annoying with the SPD than with the CDU."
