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Die Linke ("The Left") was formed in 2007, when the parties PDS and WASG merged. It holds seats in the Bundestag, the European Parliament and 7 state parliaments. As of September 2026.

Die Linke has existed since 2007. It was formed from two parties, the PDS and the WASG. Die Linke has seats in the Bundestag, the German parliament. It also has seats in the European Parliament and in 7 state parliaments.

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Placement

Based on the program for the 2025 federal election with 153 points.

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conservative
conservative, more stateconservative, more marketprogressive, more stateprogressive, more marketLinke
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

  • Economyclearly more state (-1.6), from 112 points

    Points per step: 62 clearly more state, 50 leaning more state, 0 balanced, 0 leaning more market, 0 clearly more market

  • Civil liberties and securityleaning civil liberties first (-1.2), from 13 points

    Points per step: 5 clearly civil liberties first, 6 leaning civil liberties first, 1 balanced, 1 leaning security and order first, 0 clearly security and order first

  • Societyleaning progressive (-1.3), from 20 points

    Points per step: 6 clearly progressive, 14 leaning progressive, 0 balanced, 0 leaning conservative, 0 clearly conservative

  • Europeleaning more EU (-0.6), from 10 points

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

  • Climateleaning climate first (-1.2), from 26 points

    Points per step: 8 clearly climate first, 15 leaning climate first, 3 balanced, 0 leaning growth first, 0 clearly growth first

  • Migrationclearly open (-1.8), from 10 points

    Points per step: 8 clearly open, 2 leaning open, 0 balanced, 0 leaning restrictive, 0 clearly restrictive

  • Foreign policyleaning diplomacy first (-1.5), from 14 points

    Points per step: 7 clearly diplomacy first, 7 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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