Patrick MOREAU - THE EMERGENCE OF A CONSERVATIVE LEFT IN GERMANY:

She considers and describes the fall of the Wall and the peaceful revolution leading to the end of the GDR as a counter-revolution 8. [...] From 1991 to 2010, Wagenknecht was a member of the leadership of the Communist Platform (KPF), classified as extreme left-wing by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. [...] The list of those supporting the association was extensive, and also revealed the dissatisfaction of part of the left with the political situation 30. [...] They say they are motivated by the government's inability to deal with the crises of our time and the “accepted narrowing of the corridor of opinion”, which has led to the rise of the AfD. [...] The comparison is tempting: the fascination with Russia, the desire to break away from the capitalist system, the “anti-imperialist” nationalism, the redistribution of wealth and economic interventionist socialism, an ideological straddle between the nationalist right and communism...