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Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance
BSW · 2024– · Germany · Left Conservative · Electoral party · coding confidence low
Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →
Core principles
Economic redistribution combined with cultural conservatism, migration restriction and opposition to arms deliveries.
Economic model
Higher minimum wage, price controls on energy, industrial protection, higher taxes on capital.
Organisation of powers
Parliamentary; a tightly controlled membership structure around its founder.
Reading note
The clearest live example of the left-economics, right-culture quadrant that the one-dimensional model has no room for at all.
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EC · Economic organisation · scored −06
Left economics with culturally conservative and migration-restrictive positions. The quadrant a single line cannot express.
- Programme textProgramme commitments include energy price controls, higher minimum wage and higher capital taxation.
- Programme textThe same programme commits to reduced migration and opposes what it calls lifestyle-left politics.
CU · Social and cultural order · scored +04
Coded +4: the defining feature of the party and the reason it split from Die Linke.
- Programme textFounding programme criticises what it calls lifestyle-left politics and identity-focused campaigning.
AU · Organisation of power · scored +03
Coded +3: parliamentary, with a membership structure controlled by the founder.
- Documented act or statuteMembership is by invitation and the party carries its founder's name.
SC · Scale of decision · scored +01
Coded +1: national sovereignty against EU and NATO commitments.
- Programme textOpposition to arms deliveries and to sanctions policy on sovereignty grounds.
ID · Rule of membership · scored +04
Coded +4: migration restriction from a left economic position.
- Programme textProgramme commitments to reduce irregular migration and to enforce returns.
CH · Method and tempo · scored −03
Coded −3: entirely electoral.
- Documented act or statuteEntered three state parliaments within nine months of founding.
Nearest organisations by measured distance
Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.
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