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Sahra Wagenknecht, a former leading light in Germany’s hard-left Die Linke (The Left) party who left to form her own political movement, officially founded her breakaway party in Berlin on Monday. The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) wants to establish itself as the “people’s party” in Germany for the next 30 to 40 years and fundamentally change politics, Wagenknecht and her fellow campaigners said at a press conference. Earlier, 44 initial members had formally founded the BSW as a party in Berlin and elected its first executive committee. Wagenknecht will hold dual leadership with the former …

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