German leftist politician Sahra Wagenknecht launched plans to form a new party

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(23 Oct 2023) • RESTRICTION SUMMARY: • • ASSOCIATED PRESS • Berlin - 23 October 2023 • 1. Sahra Wagenknecht arriving news conference • 2. Wagenknecht posing for photographers • 3. Close of Wagenknecht • 4. Mid of camera • 5. Wagenknecht seated • 6. SOUNDBITE (German) Sahra Wagenknecht, German politician: • “Many people don't know any more what they should vote for, or vote for the right out of anger and desperation. We have decided to found a new party because we are convinced that things cannot go on the way they are at the moment. Because otherwise we probably won't recognize our country in ten years. • 7. Wide of Wagenknecht speaking • 8. SOUNDBITE (German) Sahra Wagenknecht, German politician: • “And a lot of our prosperity depends on the fact that we have very high industrial value. But with the economic sanctions, we have cut ourselves off from cheap energy without there being viable alternatives. And so far, the government coalition has not answered that question. • 9. Wide of Wagenknecht speaking • 10. SOUNDBITE (German) Sahra Wagenknecht, German politician: • “We must also get away from a blind, haphazard eco-activism that makes people's life even more expensive but doesn't actually benefit the climate at all because the most important contribution that a country like Germany could make to combating climate change would be the development of future technologies for a climate-neutral and nature-compatible economy of the future. • 11. Cameras • 12. Close of Wagenknecht speaking • 13. SOUNDBITE (German) Sahra Wagenknecht, German politician: • “Of course we won't make common cause with AfD (Alternative for Germany party). We are launching a new party so that all the people who are now thinking about voting for AfD or who have already done so — out of anger, out of desperation, but not because they are right-wing — have a serious address.” • 14. Various of Wagenknecht speaking • 16. Wide of news conference • 17. Close of Wagenknecht • • • STORYLINE: • A prominent German leftist politician has launched plans to form a new party that some observers think could take votes away from the far-right Alternative for Germany. • • Sahra Wagenknecht on Monday presented her “Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance — for Reason and Fairness.” • • The aim is to formally found the party in January, in time for European Parliament elections in June. • • Three state elections in Germany's formerly Communist east will follow next fall. • • Wagenknecht offers a combination of left-wing economic policy, with high wages and generous benefits, and a restrictive approach to migration. • • She questions environmentalists' plans to combat climate change. • • She opposes the current sanctions against Russia, which was once Germany's leading gas supplier, and German arms supplies to Ukraine. • • Wagenknecht is launching her project at a time when centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz's quarrelsome three-party coalition is deeply unpopular. • • National polls show mainstream opposition conservatives leading and Alternative for Germany, or AfD, in second place with around 20% support. • • “Many people don't know any more what they should vote for, or vote for the right out of anger and desperation,” Wagenknecht said. • • “We must also get away from a blind, haphazard eco-activism that makes people's life even more expensive but doesn't actually benefit the climate at all,” she said, adding that a more useful contribution would be developing new technologies for a climate-neutral future. • • • Wagenknecht, 54, grew up in East Germany and joined the ruling communist party in 1989. • • AP video filmed by Pietro De Cristofaro • • • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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