Sahra Wagenknecht, leader of the eponymous Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, has indicated she is open to holding political talks with the far-right Alternative for Germany.
German mainstream parties including the Christian Democrats, Social Democrats, the Greens, and the socialist Left refuse to cooperate with the AfD at a national level. In May, the country’s intelligence services classified the party as “extremist”.
While denying that any talks were taking place, Wagenknecht told the German press agency dpa that her BSW party could approach the AfD and their co-leader, Tino Chrupalla.
“If you ask me whether I would also talk to Mr Chrupalla if there was a concrete reason to do so, … [the answer would be] yes, of course,” she said.
She referred to a controversial meeting in the state of Thuringia between BSW’s state parliamentary leader Frank Augsten and the AfD’s Björn Höcke, a prominent figure on the party’s most extreme wing. By official accounts, the two-hour meeting focused on an ongoing parliamentary deadlock over judicial appointments.
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