Sahra Wagenknecht has accused the German government of a "loss of reality". A few days before the state elections in Saxony and Thuringia, she compared the current situation to the mood at the end of the GDR during an appearance in Dresden.
Those who experienced the end of the GDR are now experiencing déjà vu, she said to the applause of her supporters on Dresden's Schlossplatz. "You get the impression that those at the top can no longer cope, they are no longer solving the problems. They have no concept, no vision, no plan for the future."
The Federal Republic is not the GDR, but there are parallels between 2024 and 1989, Wagenknecht told the German Press Agency on the sidelines of the rally. "The political distance and cultural alienation between the government and the population are enormous. Incompetence, overbearing policies and a lack of reality remind many East Germans of times they thought were long gone. Whether it's foreign policy, migration or energy policy: the government seems to be living in a completely different world."
