Publicist Ines Schwerdtner wants to become the federal chairwoman of the Left Party. "I have decided to run for the chairmanship of our party at the upcoming party conference in Halle," said Schwerdtner, who was born in Werdau, Saxony, in 1989, on her website. In the European elections, she was ranked fifth on the Left Party list, but missed out on a place in Parliament.
Schwerdtner works as a freelance journalist and publicist. Among other things, she was involved in the initiative "Deutsche Wohnen & Co. expropriate" and in a campaign against rising prices. According to the Saxony-Anhalt Left Party association, Schwerdtner is currently organized in the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district association.
A new political culture needs to be established in the party, says Schwerdtner. What is needed is an approach that is characterized by mutual trust and a focus on common political goals. "I know there is incredible strength in this party. We just have to know how to use it again."
