A newcomer to German politics, BSW was formed in January of this year but has already won its first victory in the right-wing hotspot, Thuringia. Experts predict that the party could seduce far-right voters in upcoming European elections.
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00:00Left-wing politician Zahra Wagenknecht splintered off from the German Die Linke party last year
00:05to form her own party. The Zahra Wagenknecht alliance, Reason and Justice, BSW, vows to
00:12stop weapon deliveries into Ukraine and could promise to split the AfD vote, potentially
00:17winning seven seats in the EU election.
00:20We stand for economic reason, social justice, peace and freedom of expression. These are
00:25the four big themes that we have formulated for the Federal Republic in our manifesto
00:30and that is of course what we want in Europe.
00:33That is why we, as the Zahra Wagenknecht alliance, demand that the stock markets of politicians
00:38must become public, dear friends.
00:41Wagenknecht's strategy of promising higher taxes on large companies and wealthier people
00:46seems to be working as the newly formed party won its first victory in local Thuringia elections,
00:52the very first election it's run in.
01:16BSW could become the top left-wing force in the EU parliament seeking to form a new bloc,
01:39yet this could spell trouble for Die Linke due to BSW's strict immigration policies
01:44and could impede any merger efforts.
01:47The Zahra Wagenknecht party marries socialist economic policies with conservative attitudes
01:52towards immigration, but will this be enough to steer the voters away from populist authoritarian
01:57parties in the EU elections next month?
02:00Liv Stroud in Hamburg for Euronews.