Dispute over BSW involvement in government negotiations in East Germany

Peace formula as a test of the seriousness of governing with the BSW

Wagenknecht emphasized that the issue of peace was one of the most important topics in the party's election campaign. With a view to Thuringia, she said: "If the CDU and the SPD realize that we are allowing ourselves to negotiate away an elementary issue, namely the issue of war and peace, we would not only lose face on this point, but we would also be less successful on all other points. Because if you allow yourself to be treated like that, the other parties will no longer take you seriously."

The BSW is "not a party like all the others, which allows everything to be negotiated away after the election just to fill ministerial posts, but we have brought a clear substantive claim into this government", said Wagenknecht.

The deputy federal CDU chairman Andreas Jung accused Wagenknecht of torpedoing talks on the ground, which were being conducted pragmatically, as "Ich AG" with a fundamental opposition. The decisive question for Thuringia is: "Is it about Thuringia or is it about Ms Wagenknecht's profile?" said Jung on ZDF's "Morgenmagazin".