Rechte Narrative und linke Niederlagen – taz-Triell zur Bundestagswahl

In the organizer's words:

Right-wing narratives and left-wing defeats: why progressive issues are currently not in vogue and how the social left can get back on the defensive.

The left has currently lost the battle for interpretative sovereignty. The majority of the population sees migration primarily as a problem, climate protection triggers cultural struggles and the commitment to minority rights is often dismissed as "woke" and elitist. Although redistribution from rich to poor is popular, it does not seem feasible. Instead, recipients of citizens' income serve as the preferred target of social outrage.

What narrative can be used to counter this trend and how can a political project capable of winning a majority be developed from it?

A taz talk with:

🐾 Bodo Ramelow was Minister President of Thuringia until December 2024. As the only Prime Minister of the Left Party to date, he led a red-red-green government since 2014, which governed as a minority coalition from 2020. Ramelow won the direct mandate in Erfurt in the 2024 state election. For the federal election, he is running in first place on the state list and as a direct candidate in the Erfurt, Weimar and Weimarer Land II constituency. With the "Silberlocke" campaign, Ramelow wants to secure parliamentary group status for the Left Party in the Bundestag.

🐾 Franziska Brantner has been the federal chairwoman of the Greens since November 2024. She comes from Baden-Württemberg and won the direct mandate for the Greens in the Heidelberg Neckar-Bergstraße constituency in the 2021 Bundestag election. She is the top candidate on the state list for the federal election on February 23, 2025. Since December 2021, Brantner has been Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection under Robert Habeck.

Matthias Miersch has been acting Secretary General of the SPD since October 2024. He has been a member of the Bundestag since 2005 and has always been a directly elected member of parliament for the constituency of Hannover-Land II. From 2017 to 2024, he was Deputy Chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag and has been one of the spokespersons for the Parliamentary Left since 2015.

🐾 Sabine am Orde and Anna Lehmann will moderate the talk. Sabine am Orde is the domestic affairs correspondent for taz. Anna Lehmann is head of the taz parliamentary office.

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