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BSW Bündnis Soziale Gerechtigkeit und Wirtschaftliche Vernunft

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The BSW (Bündnis Soziale Gerechtigkeit und Wirtschaftliche Vernunft) was founded in January 2024 as Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht, mainly by former members of Die Linke. It has carried its new name since 1 October 2026, and the abbreviation stayed. In the 2025 federal election it won 4.98 percent and narrowly missed the Bundestag. It holds seats in the European Parliament and in the state parliaments of Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. As of October 2026.

The BSW has existed since 2024. At first its name was Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht. Since October 2026 it has had a new name. The abbreviation BSW stayed. In the 2025 federal election the BSW got slightly too few votes for the Bundestag, the German parliament. It has seats in the European Parliament and in 4 state parliaments.

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Placement

Based on the program for the 2025 federal election with 92 points.

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conservative
conservative, more stateconservative, more marketprogressive, more stateprogressive, more marketBSW
progressive
more statemore market

Each axis measures one topic. There is no single "left" or "right" for everything here: economy, society, migration and security are kept apart. Only what the program says is placed. How to read the placement

  • Economyleaning more state (-1.3), from 47 points

    Points per step: 16 clearly more state, 30 leaning more state, 0 balanced, 1 leaning more market, 0 clearly more market

  • Civil liberties and securityleaning civil liberties first (-0.6), from 12 points

    Points per step: 2 clearly civil liberties first, 6 leaning civil liberties first, 1 balanced, 3 leaning security and order first, 0 clearly security and order first

  • Societybalanced (-0.3), from 6 points

    Points per step: 1 clearly progressive, 3 leaning progressive, 0 balanced, 1 leaning conservative, 1 clearly conservative

  • Europeleaning less EU (+1.3), from 6 points

    Points per step: 0 clearly more EU, 0 leaning more EU, 0 balanced, 4 leaning less EU, 2 clearly less EU

  • Climateleaning growth first (+0.6), from 10 points

    Points per step: 0 clearly climate first, 3 leaning climate first, 1 balanced, 3 leaning growth first, 3 clearly growth first

  • Migrationleaning restrictive (+1.4), from 5 points

    Points per step: 0 clearly open, 0 leaning open, 1 balanced, 1 leaning restrictive, 3 clearly restrictive

  • Foreign policyclearly diplomacy first (-1.6), from 15 points

    Points per step: 9 clearly diplomacy first, 6 leaning diplomacy first, 0 balanced, 0 leaning deterrence first, 0 clearly deterrence first

The small columns under the bars show how many points sit on each of the five steps.

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