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Die Linke picks two women as new leaders in conference dominated by debate on cross-party alliances
Deputy chairwoman of left wing party "Die Linke" (The Left) Janine Wissler delivers a speech on stage before being elected as new co-leader during a virtual two-day meeting in Berlin on Feb. 27, 2021
TWO women have been elected as the new co-leaders of Germany’s socialist Die Linke party.
Janine Wissler, head of the party’s group in the Hesse state legislature, and Susanne Hennig-Wellsow, who leads the party in Thuringia, replaced Katya Kipping and Berndt Riexinger.
The result is seen as a win for the wing of the party happy to form part of a German government depending on the outcome of federal elections due in September.
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