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The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance – Reason and Justice (German: Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht – Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit; BSW) is a political party in Germany founded on 8 January 2024 around namesake and central figure Sahra Wagenknecht from The Left. BSW has been described as a left-wing to far-left party with populist and nationalist tendencies. The BSW is skeptical of green politics, criticises support for both Ukraine in the Russo-Ukrainian War and Israel in the war in Gaza, and holds Eurosceptic and anti-American views on foreign policy. The party is considered "left-conservative" or "left-authoritarian", as it combines economically socialist values with cultural and social conservatism. The party originated as a split from the party The Left (Die Linke). In September 2023, Sahra Wagenknecht, Amira Mohamed Ali, Christian Leye, Lukas Schön, and several other long time Left party members announced their intention to form a new party. It was subsequently joined by others including former Left party leader Klaus Ernst, Fabio De Masi, and former mayor of Düsseldorf Thomas Geisel. The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance was officially founded in January 2024 with Wagenknecht and Mohamed Ali as its leaders. In February, they formed a group in the Bundestag. The BSW contested its first elections in May 2024. In June 2024, the party won 6.1% of votes nationally in the European Parliament elections. In September, it won between 11% and 16% in three eastern state elections in Saxony, Thuringia, and Brandenburg. The BSW co-governed Brandenburg (SPD-led Red–purple coalition) until January 2026 when members defected. BSW was part of the governing coalition in Thuringia (CDU-led Blackberry coalition with SPD) until in early September 2026 almost all parliament and government members left BSW party to continue as a new party. A setback occurred in the 2025 German federal election: the party received 4.981% of second votes, narrowly missing the 5% threshold required to be allocated seats in the Bundestag. Even worse were the BSW results in the three state elections held since the federal election: under 2% and no seats. For the three state elections in September 2026, BSW polls between 3% and 5%. Wagenknecht announced in November 2025 that she would resign as leader, designating MEP Fabio De Masi as her successor. In 2026, the party faced internal conflict with breakaway groups forming including We for Brandenburg in Brandenburg and Your Vote Counts in Thuringia.