Saxony’s Left says election result will change Germany

Saxony’s Left party says the AfD’s election victory in Saxony-Anhalt should force the German government to change course. The party’s leadership and parliamentary group called for an end to a policy of cutting social support at the expense of the most vulnerable.

“This election night must make clear to everyone what is at stake if the federal government does not change course,” the party said. It argued that government policy was creating permanent uncertainty in other areas as well.

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This election night must make clear to everyone what is at stake if the federal government does not change course

The party leaders Anja Eichhorn and Marco Böhme, parliamentary group leader Susanne Schaper and parliamentary managing director Luise Neuhaus-Wartenberg announced plans for resistance. “We are organizing counter-power, together with many others and not only in Saxony-Anhalt,” they said.

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We are organizing counter-power, together with many others and not only in Saxony-Anhalt

The Left said it wanted to bring together people who now felt sad, angry or afraid. It also argued that the AfD might govern but did not control neighborhoods, workplaces, clubs, municipalities, trade unions or cultural venues.

“The AfD may govern, but it does not own the neighborhoods, workplaces, clubs, municipalities, trade unions or cultural venues,” the party said. It added that the party would disappoint many people who had trusted its promises of salvation.

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The AfD may govern, but it does not own the neighborhoods, workplaces, clubs, municipalities, trade unions or cultural venues