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(Bloomberg) — A German Left party politician who has criticized military support for Ukraine announced the creation of a breakaway group that is set to shake up opposition to Chancellor Olaf Scholz\u2019s coalition government.<\/p>\n
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Sahra Wagenknecht<\/button> told reporters in Berlin on Monday that her far-left alliance will be ready in time to run in next June\u2019s European parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n\u201cThe federal republic has the worst government in its history,\u201d she said. \u201cWe have decided to found a new party because we\u2019re convinced that it can\u2019t continue like this. Otherwise we probably won\u2019t recognize our country anymore in 10 years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wagenknecht\u2019s move could prove significant since she aims to woo voters away from the far-right Alternative for Germany, whose popularity is on the rise and which is leading in the polls in three eastern German states due to hold elections next fall.<\/p>\n
She could also take voters from the Left and put its status as a parliamentary group at risk. The party, which traces its roots to East Germany\u2019s communist party and has been riven by infighting, has dropped to 4% in some polls after losing its once-dominant position in eastern states to the anti-immigrant AfD. This would put it on course to miss the 5% threshold to enter parliament at the next national election due in two years.<\/p>\n
A fifth of German voters would consider backing a new party under her leadership, according to a poll published last week.<\/p>\n
The 54-year-old lawmaker, who is married to Left co-founder and former German Finance Minister Oskar Lafontaine, has opposed delivering weapons to Ukraine to help it fight Russia, as well as criticizing economic sanctions against Moscow.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have cut ourselves off from cheap energy without having any reliable alternatives,\u201d Wagenknecht said.<\/p>\n
–With assistance from Zoe Schneeweiss.<\/p>\n
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