Germany’s Left Party is shut out of government, but remains a powerful player in German politics
EUROPP 2013-09-19
Summary:
The Left Party (Die Linke) received 11.9 per cent of the vote in the 2009 German federal elections, and is predicted to comfortably clear the country’s 5 per cent threshold in this Sunday’s vote. Jonathan Olsen outlines the party’s recent … Continue reading →
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