Die LINKE nach der Wahl in Sachsen-Anhalt: Schwerdtner & von Angern | BPK | 7. September 2027

Next to her sat the party's top candidate in Saxony-Anhalt, Eva von Angern. Welcome to you both. Ms. von Angern will begin first. Um, then Ms. Schwertner will also say something before we get to her questions as usual. Now it's your turn . Yes, thank you very much for giving us the opportunity today, within the framework of the

Federal Press Conference, to take an evaluative, a first evaluative look at yesterday's state election in Saxony-Anhalt. Um, the media interest was enormous. There was international media interest, and not without reason, because the election results are not only relevant for Saxony-Anhalt , but actually nationwide and, well, internationally as well. Um, I want to preface this by saying that we as the

Left ran a very, very committed election campaign. I can say that because I have been a member of the state association in Saxony- Anhalt for over 30 years. We had major events throughout Saxony-Anhalt on a scale and in a number that we had never seen before. We had enormous support at the federal level as well, from our

party chairpersons, Heidi Reichenek, and the three silver-haired women. Gregor Gisi, Dimar Batsch and Bode Ramelo were on stage at our events, and indeed at the election campaign closing ceremonies, everyone was also on stage, supplemented by Martin Schürde, so even the European level was there. It was a highly emotional election campaign, and in retrospect,

it was actually very difficult for us to set our own agenda . We had a chemical industry summit because, as everyone knows, the chemical triangle and especially the jobs in the chemical triangle, which includes Leuner in the Saalekreis district, are in serious danger. The sector is under a lot of pressure and it is still