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Thuringia: BSW leader condemns defectors’ “utterly disgraceful behavior”

From Die Zeit · () German

Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • BSW federal leader Fabio De Masi accused former Thuringian chair Katja Wolf of coordinating the departure of nearly all the party’s state lawmakers.
  • De Masi said Wolf was acting with the CDU rather than the BSW and claimed AfD leader Björn Höcke would welcome the development.
  • BSW Secretary-General Oliver Ruhnert announced an online membership meeting with Sahra Wagenknecht and described the crisis as a chance for a new start in Thuringia.

Fabio De Masi has launched a fierce attack on Katja Wolf after nearly all BSW lawmakers in Thuringia announced they would leave the party.

Höcke would probably send her a bouquet of flowers in thanks for what she has done

· Fabio De MasiDe Masi criticized Katja Wolf’s role in the departure of Thuringian BSW lawmakers.

Speaking to journalists in Berlin, the federal BSW leader described the departures as coordinated. He said the party had received information for several weeks that the move would come immediately before election Sunday.

De Masi said Wolf had been offered many opportunities for talks but was now playing on “Team CDU,” not “Team BSW.” He added that Thuringia’s AfD leader Björn Höcke would probably send her a bouquet of flowers in thanks for what she had done.

She plays on Team CDU. She does not play on Team BSW.

· Fabio De MasiHis accusation that Katja Wolf had aligned herself with the CDU rather than the BSW.

Wolf had “made history, with utterly disgraceful behavior,” De Masi said. BSW Secretary-General Oliver Ruhnert announced an online membership meeting with BSW members in Thuringia later on Friday, with party founder Sahra Wagenknecht taking part. The party said the upheaval could also create an opportunity for a new beginning in the state.

made history, with utterly disgraceful behavior

· Fabio De MasiDe Masi’s description of Wolf’s conduct.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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