Berlin Left Party on the abyss: Realo wing loses key members!

Berlin Left Party on the abyss: Realo wing loses key members!

Pankow, Deutschland - The Berlin Left Party is currently experiencing a turbulent phase that is shaped by the leakage of significant members. On Sunday, Sören Benn, the former district mayor of Pankow, announced his exit from the party. This happens shortly after Udo Wolf, the long -time parliamentary group leader in the House of Representatives, also left the party. These events throw a shadow on the future stability of the Left Party, since further withdrawals are not excluded.

Benn, who held the office of district mayor from 2016 to 2023, formulated sharp criticism of the Berlin Left Party in his declaration of withdrawal. "The party is unable to strategy. It is not a design project, but an identity project," Benn wrote and criticized that it was missing from ideas on how to work with other political forces. In his opinion, a democratic party had to enter into alliances to act effectively. He also spoke of an "unstoppable drift" of the Left Party that mutated into the "Jehovah's Witnesses of Politics".

internal conflicts and critical attitude

A central topic of criticism was the inability of the party to take a clear position against anti -Semitism. This became particularly clear during the state party conference a week ago when a group around ex-senator Klaus Lederer strived to be a clear positioning against anti-Semitism and radical organizations such as Hamas. However, their application was softened so much that they left the party congress. Benn regretted that even with serious questions, such as the pact between Hamas, Iran and the Hisbollah, unity could be reached about the underlying anti -Semitic structures.

In addition, Benn expressed his concern about the lack of solidarity with Ukraine and pointed out that the focus of the Left Party is often more on the Palestinian population as soon as the West or Israel appear in the discussion as a perpetrator. These tendencies are not only mathematically understandable, but also raise basic questions about the political orientation of the Left Party.

reactions and the way forward

The current tensions within the Left Party also show in the behavior of the executive state board, which fears that the outputs of the last party conference sessions could harm the reputation of the party. The Realo team, which is represented by Benn and Wolf, is currently facing the challenge of clarifying the internal differences without ignoring the party's fundamental problems.

BENN has doubts that the new board will be able to put the cracks, much more is criticized that the Air of Denial, ignoring and accusations of the opposition from the leaders could spoil a united approach in the party. These developments could not only disadvantage strategic cooperation, but also weaken the trust of the electorate.